Paper 2023: Gate-Tuning Hybrid Polaritons in Twisted α-MoO3/Graphene Heterostructures

Gate-Tuning Hybrid Polaritons in Twisted α-MoO3/Graphene Heterostructures

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Zhou Zhou, Renkang Song, Junbo Xu, Xiang Ni, Zijia Dang, Zhichen Zhao, Jiamin Quan, Siyu Dong, Weida Hu, Di Huang, Ke Chen, Zhanshan Wang, Xinbin Cheng, Markus B. Raschke, Andrea Alù, and Tao Jiang
Nano Lett. 23, 11252 (2023).

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Modulating anisotropic phonon polaritons (PhPs) can open new avenues in infrared nanophotonics. Promising PhP dispersion engineering through polariton hybridization has been demonstrated by coupling gated graphene to single-layer α-MoO3.However, the mechanism underlying the gate-dependent modulation of hybridization has remained elusive. Here, using IR nanospectroscopic imaging, we demonstrate active modulation of the optical response function, quantified in measurements of gate dependence of wavelength, amplitude, and dissipation rate of the hybrid plasmon−phonon polaritons (HPPPs) in both single-layer and twisted bilayer α-MoO3/graphene heterostructures. Intriguingly, while graphene doping leads to a monotonic increase in HPPP wavelength, amplitude and dissipation rate show transition from an initially anticorrelated decrease to a correlated increase. We attribute this behavior to the intricate interplay of gate-dependent components of the HPPP complex momentum. Our results provide the foundation for active polariton control of integrated α-MoO3 nanophotonics devices.