Low Dielectric Medium for Hyperbolic Phonon Polariton Waveguide in van der Waals Heterostructures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Preparation
2.2. Fabrication of van der Waals Heterostructures
2.3. Near-Field Infrared Radiation Nano-Imaging
2.4. Full-Wave Electromagnetic Numerical Simulation
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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ω (cm−1) | εhBN,x | εhBN,z | εSiO2 | εZrS2 |
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1410 | −21.69 + 1.895i | 2.322 + 0.0002i | 1.07 | 2.2 + 0.0001i |
1430 | −14.003 + 0.969i | 2.743 + 0.0006i |
Dimension | Top hBN | ZrS2 | Bottom hBN | SiO2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Width | 10 μm | |||
Thickness | 11.5 nm | 0/10/43 nm | 6.5 nm | 300 nm |
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Noh, B.-I.; Reza, S.; Hardy, C.; Li, J.; Taba, A.; Mahjouri-Samani, M.; Edgar, J.H.; Dai, S. Low Dielectric Medium for Hyperbolic Phonon Polariton Waveguide in van der Waals Heterostructures. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14161344
Noh B-I, Reza S, Hardy C, Li J, Taba A, Mahjouri-Samani M, Edgar JH, Dai S. Low Dielectric Medium for Hyperbolic Phonon Polariton Waveguide in van der Waals Heterostructures. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(16):1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14161344
Chicago/Turabian StyleNoh, Byung-Il, Salvio Reza, Cassie Hardy, Jiahan Li, Adib Taba, Masoud Mahjouri-Samani, James H. Edgar, and Siyuan Dai. 2024. "Low Dielectric Medium for Hyperbolic Phonon Polariton Waveguide in van der Waals Heterostructures" Nanomaterials 14, no. 16: 1344. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14161344