Slow light in a 2D semiconductor plasmonic structure

Matthew Klein; Rolf Binder; Michael R. Koehler; David G. Mandrus; Takashi Taniguchi; Kenji Watanabe; John R. Schaibley

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33965-8

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Slow light in a 2D semiconductor plasmonic structure

Matthew Klein,
Rolf Binder,
Michael R. Koehler,
David G. Mandrus,
Takashi Taniguchi,
Kenji Watanabe,
John R. Schaibley

Affiliations

Matthew Klein: Department of Physics, University of Arizona
Rolf Binder: Department of Physics, University of Arizona
Michael R. Koehler: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
David G. Mandrus: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
Takashi Taniguchi: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
Kenji Watanabe: Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
John R. Schaibley: Department of Physics, University of Arizona

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33965-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Slow light effects are interesting for telecommunications and quantum photonics applications. Here, the authors use coupled exciton-surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) in a hybrid monolayer WSe2-metallic waveguide structure to demonstrate a 1300-fold reduction of the SPP group velocity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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