Highly Tunable Phonon Polaritons via Metal Intercalation
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| author | Stepanova, Mariia Ngo, Minh Sakib, Mashnoon Alam Harris, Wills Bocanegra, Joshua Wu, Ruqian Koski, Kristie J. Shcherbakov, Maxim R. |
| author_facet | Stepanova, Mariia Ngo, Minh Sakib, Mashnoon Alam Harris, Wills Bocanegra, Joshua Wu, Ruqian Koski, Kristie J. Shcherbakov, Maxim R. |
| contents | Phonon polaritons in van der Waals crystals offer mid-infrared light confinement deep below the diffraction limit, making them promising for nanophotonics applications. However, the practical use of phonon polaritons remains limited, in part due to the lack of precise control over the phonon polariton dispersion, as crystal lattice vibrations are often inert to external stimuli. Here, we address this challenge by zerovalent metal intercalation of $α$-MoO$_3$. Photo-induced force microscopy shows that introducing tin into the van der Waals gap modulates the phonon polariton dispersion by up to $38.5\pm0.5\%$, which is the highest amount of tunability among non-mechanical modulation approaches, to the best of our knowledge. Intercalation with various metal species preserves the phonon polariton lifetimes, while modulating the dielectric permittivity in agreement with the density functional theory and analytical calculations. Our results establish metal intercalation as a practical route to reconfigurable mid-infrared nanophotonics. |
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| spellingShingle | Highly Tunable Phonon Polaritons via Metal Intercalation Stepanova, Mariia Ngo, Minh Sakib, Mashnoon Alam Harris, Wills Bocanegra, Joshua Wu, Ruqian Koski, Kristie J. Shcherbakov, Maxim R. Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Chemical Physics Optics Phonon polaritons in van der Waals crystals offer mid-infrared light confinement deep below the diffraction limit, making them promising for nanophotonics applications. However, the practical use of phonon polaritons remains limited, in part due to the lack of precise control over the phonon polariton dispersion, as crystal lattice vibrations are often inert to external stimuli. Here, we address this challenge by zerovalent metal intercalation of $α$-MoO$_3$. Photo-induced force microscopy shows that introducing tin into the van der Waals gap modulates the phonon polariton dispersion by up to $38.5\pm0.5\%$, which is the highest amount of tunability among non-mechanical modulation approaches, to the best of our knowledge. Intercalation with various metal species preserves the phonon polariton lifetimes, while modulating the dielectric permittivity in agreement with the density functional theory and analytical calculations. Our results establish metal intercalation as a practical route to reconfigurable mid-infrared nanophotonics. |
| title | Highly Tunable Phonon Polaritons via Metal Intercalation |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Chemical Physics Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.22019 |