2D Materials with Metamaterials in Photonics and Optoelectronics

A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "2D and Carbon Nanomaterials".

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College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
Interests: nano-photonics; 2D materials; metamaterials

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1. College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
2. Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Novel Nano-Optoelectronic Information Materials and Devices, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
Interests: 2D materials; nanophotonics; plasmonics; metamaterials and metasurfaces; photonic integrated circuits

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Guest Editor
College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
Interests: nano-photonics; 2D materials; metamaterials

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Dear Colleagues,

Compared to traditional materials, two-dimensional (2D) materials exhibit many unique and fascinating properties. Quantum confinement perpendicular to the 2D plane leads to new electronic and optical properties, such as relativistic carrier transport, indirect-to-direct bandgap transitions, and valley-polarized light coupling. The extremely small thickness allows for significant control of carrier density through electrostatic gating. The naturally passivated surfaces and weak interlayer bonding make it easy to integrate 2D materials with different types of systems. In this way, 2D materials have received widespread attention in optoelectronic and photonic applications. However, the atomic thickness of 2D materials results in poor light absorption performance, presenting a significant challenge for practical applications. To address this bottleneck issue, considerable efforts have been made to combine 2D materials with metamaterials and metasurfaces to enhance light absorption efficiency. Metamaterial-based waveguides, microcavities, photonic crystals, and plasmonic structures have been demonstrated to significantly enhance the light absorption of 2D materials.

This present Special Issue of Nanomaterials is aimed at presenting the current state-of-the-art in application of 2D materials combined with metamaterials in photonics and optoelectronics, which includes the design and fabrication of materials and devices, experimental characterization and computational modeling studies, as well as exploitation in devices and practical applications.

Dr. Qingwei Zhou
Prof. Dr. Zhihong Zhu
Prof. Dr. Chucai Guo
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Keywords

  • two-dimensional materials
  • metamaterials
  • metasurfaces
  • optoelectronics
  • photonics

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Photonic Weyl Waveguide and Saddle-Chips-like Modes
by Hanyu Wang, Wei Xu, Zhihong Zhu and Biao Yang
Nanomaterials 2024, 14(7), 620; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14070620 - 01 Apr 2024
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Topological Weyl semimetals are characterized by open Fermi arcs on their terminal surfaces, these materials not only changed accepted concepts of the Fermi loop but also enabled many exotic phenomena, such as one-way propagation. The key prerequisite is that the two terminal surfaces [...] Read more.
Topological Weyl semimetals are characterized by open Fermi arcs on their terminal surfaces, these materials not only changed accepted concepts of the Fermi loop but also enabled many exotic phenomena, such as one-way propagation. The key prerequisite is that the two terminal surfaces have to be well separated, i.e., the Fermi arcs are not allowed to couple with each other. Thus, their interaction was overlooked before. Here, we consider coupled Fermi arcs and propose a Weyl planar waveguide, wherein we found a saddle-chips-like hybridized guiding mode. The hybridized modes consist of three components: surface waves from the top and bottom surfaces and bulk modes inside the Weyl semimetal. The contribution of these three components to the hybridized mode appears to be z-position-dependent rather than uniform. Beyond the conventional waveguide framework, those non-trivial surface states, with their arc-type band structures, exhibit strong selectivity in propagation direction, providing an excellent platform for waveguides. Compared with the conventional waveguide, the propagation direction of hybridized modes exhibits high z-position-dependency. For example, when the probe plane shifts from the top interface to the bottom interface, the component propagating horizontally becomes dimmer, while the component propagating vertically becomes brighter. Experimentally, we drilled periodic holes in metal plates to sandwich an ideal Weyl meta-crystal and characterize the topological guiding mode. Our study shows the intriguing behaviors of topological photonic waveguides, which could lead to beam manipulation, position sensing, and even 3D information processing on photonic chip. The Weyl waveguide also provides a platform for studying the coupling and the interaction between surface and bulk states. Full article
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