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Charge-Transfer Plasmon Polaritons at Graphene/alpha-RuCl3 Interfaces

Rizzo, Daniel J.; Jessen, Bjarke S.; Sun, Zhiyuan; Ruta, Francesco L.; Zhang, Jin; Yan, Jia-Qiang; Xian, Lede; McLeod, Alexander S.; Berkowitz, Michael E.; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Nagler, Stephen E.; Mandrus, David G.; Rubio, Angel; Fogler, Mi

NANO LETTERS
2020
VL / 20 - BP / 8438 - EP / 8445
abstract
Nanoscale charge control is a key enabling technology in plasmonics, electronic band structure engineering, and the topology of two-dimensional materials. By exploiting the large electron affinity of alpha-RuCl3, we are able to visualize and quantify massive charge transfer at graphene/alpha-RuCl3 interfaces through generation of charge-transfer plasmon polaritons (CPPs). We performed nanoimaging experiments on graphene/alpha-RuCl(3 )at both ambient and cryogenic temperatures and discovered robust plasmonic features in otherwise ungated and undoped structures. The CPP wavelength evaluated through several distinct imaging modalities offers a high-fidelity measure of the Fermi energy of the graphene layer: E-F = 0.6 eV (n = 2.7 X 10(13) cm(-2)). Our first-principles calculations link the plasmonic response to the work function difference between graphene and alpha-RuCl3 giving rise to CPPs. Our results provide a novel general strategy for generating nanometer-scale plasmonic interfaces without resorting to external contacts or chemical doping.

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Green published, Bronze

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