• 文献标题:   Ultraconfined Plasmonic Hotspots Inside Graphene Nanobubbles
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FEI Z, FOLEY JJ, GANNETT W, LIU MK, DAI S, NI GX, ZETTL A, FOGLER MM, WIEDERRECHT GP, GRAY SK, BASOV DN
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanobubble, heterostructure, nanoinfrared imaging, plasmon hotspot, fdtd simulation
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Calif San Diego
  • 被引频次:   17
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04076
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We report on a nanoinfrared (IR) imaging study of ultraconfmed plasmonic hotspots inside graphene nanobubbles formed in graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) heterostructures. The volume of these plasmonic hotspots is more than one-million-times smaller than what could be achieved by free-space IR photons, and their real space distributions are controlled by the sizes and shapes of the nanobubbles. Theoretical analysis indicates that the observed plasmonic hotspots are formed due to a significant increase of the local plasmon wavelength in the nanobubble regions. Such an increase is attributed to the high sensitivity of graphene plasmons to its dielectric environment. Our work presents a novel scheme for plasmonic hotspot formation and sheds light on future applications of graphene nanobubbles for plasmon-enhanced IR spectroscopy.