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Infrared hyperbolic metasurface based on nanostructured van der Waals materials

Li, Peining; Dolado, Irene; Javier Alfaro-Mozaz, Francisco; Casanova, Felix; Hueso, Luis E.; Liu, Song; Edgar, James H.; Nikitin, Alexey Y.; Velez, Saul; Hillenbrand, Rainer

SCIENCE
2018
VL / 359 - BP / 892 - EP / +
abstract
Metasurfaces with strongly anisotropic optical properties can support deep subwavelength-scale confined electromagnetic waves (polaritons), which promise opportunities for controlling light in photonic and optoelectronic applications. We developed a mid-infrared hyperbolic metasurface by nanostructuring a thin layer of hexagonal boron nitride that supports deep subwavelength-scale phonon polaritons that propagate with in-plane hyperbolic dispersion. By applying an infrared nanoimaging technique, we visualize the concave (anomalous) wavefronts of a diverging polariton beam, which represent a landmark feature of hyperbolic polaritons. The results illustrate how near-field microscopy can be applied to reveal the exotic wavefronts of polaritons in anisotropic materials and demonstrate that nanostructured van der Waals materials can form a highly variable and compact platform for hyperbolic infrared metasurface devices and circuits.

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Bronze

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