• 文献标题:   Hyperbolic Cooper-Pair Polaritons in Planar Graphene/Cuprate Plasmonic Cavities
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BERKOWITZ ME, KIM BSY, NI GX, MCLEOD AS, LO CFB, SUN ZY, GU GD, WATANABE K, TANIGUCHI T, MILLIS AJ, HONE JC, FOGLER MM, AVERITT RD, BASOV DN
  • 作者关键词:   cuprate superconductor, graphene, hyperbolic cooperpair polariton, plasmonic cavitie, van der waals heterostructure, scatteringtype scanning nearfield microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
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  • 被引频次:   12
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03684
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Hyperbolic Cooper-pair polaritons (HCP) in cuprate superconductors are of fundamental interest due to their potential for providing insights into the nature of unconventional superconductivity. Here, we critically assess an experimental approach using near-field imaging to probe HCP in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212) in the presence of graphene surface plasmon polaritons (SPP). Our simulations show that inherently weak HCP features in the near-field can be strongly enhanced when coupled to graphene SPP in layered graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)/Bi-2212 heterostructures. This enhancement arises from our multilayered structures effectively acting as plasmonic cavities capable of altering collective modes of a layered superconductor by modifying its electromagnetic environment. The degree of enhancement can be selectively controlled by tuning the insulating spacer thickness with atomic precision. Finally, we verify the expected renormalization of room-temperature graphene SPP using near-field infrared imaging. Our modeling, augmented with data, attests to the validity of our approach for probing HCP modes in cuprate superconductors.