Rare-Earth Monopnictide Alloys for Tunable, Epitaxial, Designer Plasmonics

We demonstrate that plasmonic response can be tuned spectrally via the alloy composition of an epitaxial semimetallic film. Specifically, attenuated total reflectance studies show that the surface plasmon resonance of rare-earth monopnictide La x Lu1–x As alloy films can be tuned across the mid-IR,...

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Published inACS photonics Vol. 5; no. 8; pp. 3051 - 3056
Main Authors Krivoy, E. M, Vasudev, A. P, Rahimi, S, Synowicki, R. A, McNicholas, K. M, Ironside, D. J, Salas, R, Kelp, G, Jung, D, Nair, H. P, Shvets, G, Akinwande, D, Lee, M. L, Brongersma, M. L, Bank, S. R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published American Chemical Society 15.08.2018
Subjects
rare-earth monopnictide
semimetal
molecular beam epitaxy
plasmonics
mid-infrared optoelectronics
tunable metal
epitaxial metal
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Summary:We demonstrate that plasmonic response can be tuned spectrally via the alloy composition of an epitaxial semimetallic film. Specifically, attenuated total reflectance studies show that the surface plasmon resonance of rare-earth monopnictide La x Lu1–x As alloy films can be tuned across the mid-IR, while lattice-matching to technologically important substrates. The electrical properties are a strong function of the composition, which, in turn, manifests as tunability of the optical properties. The ability to produce tunable (semi)­metals that can be epitaxially integrated with III–V emitters and absorbers is expected to enable a new generation of novel nanophotonic device architectures and functionality.
ISSN:2330-4022
2330-4022
DOI:10.1021/acsphotonics.8b00288