Confined transverse electric phonon polaritons in hexagonal boron nitrides

Confined transverse electric phonon polaritons in hexagonal boron nitrides

We predict the existence of confined transverse electric (TE) phonon polaritons in an ultrathin hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) slab below hBN's second transverse optical frequency. The skin depth of TE phonon polaritons can be decreased to subwavelength scale by increasing the thickness of hBN t...

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Main Authors: Musa, Muhyiddeen Yahya, Renuka, Maturi, Lin, Xiao, Li, Rujiang, Wang, Huaping, Li, Erping, Zhang, Baile, Chen, Hongsheng
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
Subjects:
DRNTU::Science::Physics
Transverse Electric
Hexagonal Boron Nitrides
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106098
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47901
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:We predict the existence of confined transverse electric (TE) phonon polaritons in an ultrathin hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) slab below hBN's second transverse optical frequency. The skin depth of TE phonon polaritons can be decreased to subwavelength scale by increasing the thickness of hBN to several nanometers. Due to the strong spatial confinement, these TE phonon polaritons, different from TE graphene plasmons, can stably exist even when the permittivities of the superstrate and substrate are largely different. These revealed advantages of TE phonon polaritons might lead to potential applications of hBN in the manipulation of TE waves, such as the design of novel waveguides, polarizers, and the exploration of negative refraction between TE polaritons.

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