Near-field detection of gate-tunable anisotropic plasmon polaritons in black phosphorus at terahertz frequencies.

ABSTRACT: Polaritons in two-dimensional layered crystals offer an effective solution to confine, enhance and manipulate terahertz (THz) frequency electromagnetic waves at the nanoscale. Recently, strong THz field confinement has been achieved in a graphene-insulator-metal structure, exploiting THz plasmon polaritons (PPs) with strongly reduced wavelength (λ_p ≈ λ₀/66) compared to the photon wavelength λ₀. However, graphene PPs propagate isotropically, complicating the directional control of the THz field, which, on the contrary, can be achieved exploiting anisotropic layered crystals, such as orthorhombic black-phosphorus. Here, we detect PPs, at THz frequencies, in hBN-encapsulated black phosphorus field effect transistors through THz near-field photocurrent nanoscop

SUBMITTER: Pogna EAA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943022 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature