• 文献标题:   Hyperbolic plasmon-phonon dispersion on group velocity reversal and tunable spontaneous emission in graphene-ferroelectric substrate
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DEBU DT, LADANI FT, FRENCH D, BAUMAN SJ, HERZOG JB
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  • 出版物名称:   NPJ 2D MATERIALS APPLICATIONS
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  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Arkansas
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41699-019-0112-8
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

This work presents a new substrate platform, which provides tunability of the group velocity and spontaneous emission of a dipolar scatterer graphene-ferroelectric slab hybrid system in the terahertz ranges. We use analytical models to determine the hybridization of graphene surface plasmon and ferroelectric LiNbO3 type I and type II reststrahlen hyperbolic phonon-polariton. The variation of the chemical potential of graphene and the thickness of the ferroelectric layer results in several distinct features. Flipping the group velocity, strongly coupled hybrid hyperbolic surface plasmon-polaritons, and surface plasmon-polariton mode exists for the same momentum at different frequencies. The group velocity sign reversal for both a single-graphene- and double-graphene-integrated system depends on the thickness of the hyperbolic layer and the chemical potential of graphene. Comparative analysis of Purcell radiation is presented for a quantum emitter positioned at different locations between ferroelectric and graphene-integrated ferroelectric layers, revealing that this system can support strong spontaneous emission that can be modulated with the graphene chemical potential. Changing the chemical potential through selective voltage biasing demonstrates a substantial increase or decrease in the decay rate for spontaneous emission. Further analysis of the emission phenomenon shows a dependence on factors, such as the relative radiating source position and the thickness of the ferroelectric film. These characteristics make graphene-ferroelectric materials promising candidates to modify the light-matter interaction at the low terahertz ranges.