Mapping Phonon Polaritons with Visible Light

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Autori principali: Arledge, Kiernan E., Ellis, Chase T., Sarabi, Nazli Rasouli, Whiteside, Vincent R., Kim, Chul Soo, Kim, Mijin, Ratchford, Daniel C., Meeker, Michael A, Weng, Binbin, Tischler, Joseph G.
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author Arledge, Kiernan E.
Ellis, Chase T.
Sarabi, Nazli Rasouli
Whiteside, Vincent R.
Kim, Chul Soo
Kim, Mijin
Ratchford, Daniel C.
Meeker, Michael A
Weng, Binbin
Tischler, Joseph G.
author_facet Arledge, Kiernan E.
Ellis, Chase T.
Sarabi, Nazli Rasouli
Whiteside, Vincent R.
Kim, Chul Soo
Kim, Mijin
Ratchford, Daniel C.
Meeker, Michael A
Weng, Binbin
Tischler, Joseph G.
contents Phonon polaritons (PhPs) are hybrid photon-phonon waves which enable strong light-matter interactions and subdiffractional confinement, potentially empowering applications in sensing, nonlinear optics and nanoscale energy manipulation. In this work, we use confocal Raman microscopy to investigate the coupling between bulk phonon modes and localized surface phonon polariton (SPhP) modes in indium phosphide (InP) nanopillars and 4H-silicon carbide (4H-SiC) gratings. The Raman intensity within the nanostructures is described in terms of the SPhP eigenmodes and used to reconstruct the field intensity, providing a method to map SPhP eigenmodes using visible and near-IR light. Our results indicate that, contrary to expectation, all Raman-active bulk phonon modes of InP and 4H-SiC couple to the localized SPhP modes. Further, we confirm that polarizability selection rules form the predominant coupling mechanism between phonons and SPhP modes, with electron-phonon coupling playing a role for certain phonon modes (A1(LO) and E1(TO) in 4H-SiC). These observations provide a method for extending Raman studies of PhP modes to achieve full 3D reconstruction of the PhP eigenmodes and visualize light-matter interactions within nanostructures, thus advancing Raman scattering as a technique for understanding PhP modes.
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spellingShingle Mapping Phonon Polaritons with Visible Light
Arledge, Kiernan E.
Ellis, Chase T.
Sarabi, Nazli Rasouli
Whiteside, Vincent R.
Kim, Chul Soo
Kim, Mijin
Ratchford, Daniel C.
Meeker, Michael A
Weng, Binbin
Tischler, Joseph G.
Materials Science
Optics
Phonon polaritons (PhPs) are hybrid photon-phonon waves which enable strong light-matter interactions and subdiffractional confinement, potentially empowering applications in sensing, nonlinear optics and nanoscale energy manipulation. In this work, we use confocal Raman microscopy to investigate the coupling between bulk phonon modes and localized surface phonon polariton (SPhP) modes in indium phosphide (InP) nanopillars and 4H-silicon carbide (4H-SiC) gratings. The Raman intensity within the nanostructures is described in terms of the SPhP eigenmodes and used to reconstruct the field intensity, providing a method to map SPhP eigenmodes using visible and near-IR light. Our results indicate that, contrary to expectation, all Raman-active bulk phonon modes of InP and 4H-SiC couple to the localized SPhP modes. Further, we confirm that polarizability selection rules form the predominant coupling mechanism between phonons and SPhP modes, with electron-phonon coupling playing a role for certain phonon modes (A1(LO) and E1(TO) in 4H-SiC). These observations provide a method for extending Raman studies of PhP modes to achieve full 3D reconstruction of the PhP eigenmodes and visualize light-matter interactions within nanostructures, thus advancing Raman scattering as a technique for understanding PhP modes.
title Mapping Phonon Polaritons with Visible Light
topic Materials Science
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.13759