期刊
Nano Letters
标题
Tailoring Topological Transitions of Anisotropic Polaritons by Interface Engineering in Biaxial Crystals
作者
Yali Zeng, Qingdong Ou, Lu Liu, Chunqi Zheng, Ziyu Wang, Youning Gong, Xiang Liang, Yupeng Zhang, Guangwei Hu, Zhilin Yang, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Qiaoliang Bao, Huanyang Chen, and Zhigao Dai
摘要
Polaritons in polar biaxial crystals with extreme anisotropy offer a promising route to manipulate nanoscale light–matter interactions. The dynamic modulation of their dispersion is of great significance for future integrated nano-optics but remains challenging. Here, we report tunable topological transitions in biaxial crystals enabled by interface engineering. We theoretically demonstrate such tailored polaritons at the interface of heterostructures between graphene and α-phase molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO3). The interlayer coupling can be modulated by both the stack of graphene and α-MoO3 and the magnitude of the Fermi level in graphene enabling a dynamic topological transition. More interestingly, we found that the wavefront transition occurs at a constant Fermi level when the thickness of α-MoO3 is tuned. Furthermore, we also experimentally verify the hybrid polaritons in the graphene/α-MoO3 heterostructure with different thicknesses of α-MoO3. The interface engineering offers new insights into optical topological transitions, which may shed new light on programmable polaritonics, energy transfer, and neuromorphic photonics.
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