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Chin. Phys. B, 2021, Vol. 30(8): 084202    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/abe22b
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Omnidirectional and compact Tamm phonon-polaritons enhanced mid-infrared absorber

Xiaomin Hua(花小敏)1, Gaige Zheng(郑改革)1,2,†, Fenglin Xian(咸冯林)1,‡, Dongdong Xu(徐董董)1, and Shengyao Wang(王升耀)1
1 Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Detection of Atmosphere and Ocean, School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China;
2 Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center on Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology(CICAEET), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Abstract  Narrow band mid-infrared (MIR) absorption is highly desired in thermal emitter and sensing applications. We theoretically demonstrate that the perfect absorption at infrared frequencies can be achieved and controlled around the surface phonon resonance frequency of silicon carbide (SiC). The photonic heterostructure is composed of a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR)/germanium (Ge) cavity/SiC on top of a Ge substrate. Full-wave simulation results illustrate that the Tamm phonon-polaritons electric field can locally concentrate between the Ge cavity and the SiC film, contributed to the improved light-phonon interactions with an enhancement of light absorption. The structure has planar geometry and does not require nano-patterning to achieve perfect absorption of both polarizations of the incident light in a wide range of incident angles. Their absorption lines are tunable via engineering of the photon band-structure of the dielectric photonic nanostructures to achieve reversal of the geometrical phase across the interface with the plasmonic absorber.
Keywords:  perfect absorption      surface phonon polaritons      mid-infrared      distributed Bragg reflector  
Received:  27 December 2020      Revised:  28 January 2021      Accepted manuscript online:  02 February 2021
PACS:  42.60.Da (Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)  
  42.70.Qs (Photonic bandgap materials)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant Nos. BK20191396, BK20180784).
Corresponding Authors:  Gaige Zheng, Fenglin Xian     E-mail:  jsnanophotonics@yahoo.com;xfl@nuist.edu.cn

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Xiaomin Hua(花小敏), Gaige Zheng(郑改革), Fenglin Xian(咸冯林), Dongdong Xu(徐董董), and Shengyao Wang(王升耀) Omnidirectional and compact Tamm phonon-polaritons enhanced mid-infrared absorber 2021 Chin. Phys. B 30 084202

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