Ultrafast Nano-Imaging and Optical Control of Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons at hBN/WS$_2$ Heterojunctions
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| author | Kamada, Kazuki Shinokita, Keisuke Zeng, Fanyu Kitaura, Ryo Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Paarmann, Alexander Shibuta, Masahiro Kumagai, Takashi Nishida, Jun |
| author_facet | Kamada, Kazuki Shinokita, Keisuke Zeng, Fanyu Kitaura, Ryo Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Paarmann, Alexander Shibuta, Masahiro Kumagai, Takashi Nishida, Jun |
| contents | Manipulating nanoscale light-matter interactions on ultrafast time scales is indispensable for future polaritonic devices. Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) in van der Waals materials enable deep subwavelength confinement of electromagnetic fields in the infrared region and long-distance propagation of polaritonic waves. However, achieving ultrafast imaging and optical control of HPhPs remains a major challenge. Here, we demonstrate the direct observation of transient modulation of HPhPs induced by local photocarrier generation in WS$_2$/hBN heterostructures using ultrafast infrared scanning near-field optical microscopy. We implement grating-based spectral filtering of broadband near-field scattering to simultaneously achieve nanoscale and femtosecond spatiotemporal resolution together with fine spectral selectivity. This ultrafast nano-imaging technique reveals that photocarriers in WS$_2$ modulate the polaritonic field amplitudes and wavelengths of HPhPs in hBN. Theoretical simulations corroborate that these changes arise from photoinduced changes in WS$_2$ dielectric properties. This approach offers a versatile platform for exploring ultrafast polaritonic dynamics at the nanoscale. |
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| spellingShingle | Ultrafast Nano-Imaging and Optical Control of Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons at hBN/WS$_2$ Heterojunctions Kamada, Kazuki Shinokita, Keisuke Zeng, Fanyu Kitaura, Ryo Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Paarmann, Alexander Shibuta, Masahiro Kumagai, Takashi Nishida, Jun Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Manipulating nanoscale light-matter interactions on ultrafast time scales is indispensable for future polaritonic devices. Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) in van der Waals materials enable deep subwavelength confinement of electromagnetic fields in the infrared region and long-distance propagation of polaritonic waves. However, achieving ultrafast imaging and optical control of HPhPs remains a major challenge. Here, we demonstrate the direct observation of transient modulation of HPhPs induced by local photocarrier generation in WS$_2$/hBN heterostructures using ultrafast infrared scanning near-field optical microscopy. We implement grating-based spectral filtering of broadband near-field scattering to simultaneously achieve nanoscale and femtosecond spatiotemporal resolution together with fine spectral selectivity. This ultrafast nano-imaging technique reveals that photocarriers in WS$_2$ modulate the polaritonic field amplitudes and wavelengths of HPhPs in hBN. Theoretical simulations corroborate that these changes arise from photoinduced changes in WS$_2$ dielectric properties. This approach offers a versatile platform for exploring ultrafast polaritonic dynamics at the nanoscale. |
| title | Ultrafast Nano-Imaging and Optical Control of Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons at hBN/WS$_2$ Heterojunctions |
| topic | Optics Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19408 |