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Advances in Polaritons

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2022) | Viewed by 5616

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Weiliang Wang

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School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Interests: first principle calculation; semiconductor doping; Raman; field emission; phonon polariton
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Prof. Dr. Fu-Li Hsiao

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Graduate Institute of Photonics, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City 500, Taiwan
Interests: phononic crystal; optomechanical; optical and acoustic metamaterial

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Polaritons are light–matter hybrid quasiparticles. Polaritons inherit their attributes from both their light and matter constituents. More specifically, a polariton is a quantum mechanical superposition of a photon with a matter excitation, the latter being a collective mode in solids and superconducting circuits or an electron in atoms, molecules or even superconducting qubits. They can originate in different physical phenomena: conduction electrons in graphene and topological insulators (surface plasmon polaritons), infrared-active phonons in polar crystals (phonon polaritons), excitons in dichalcogenide materials (exciton polaritons), superfluidity in FeSe- and Cu-based superconductors with high critical temperature Tc (Cooper-pair polaritons), and magnetic resonances (magnon polaritons).

They offer a practical approach toward nanoscale light trapping and manipulation. Beyond nano-optical technologies, images of polaritonic standing and traveling waves contain rich insights into quantum phenomena occurring in the host material supporting polaritons, and they provide an approach toward optics-based materials research. Alongside future advances in the understanding of the physics and interactions of polaritons, solutions to application challenges may be anticipated in areas such as loss compensation, nanoscale lasing, quantum optics, and nanomanipulation.

The aim of the current Special Issue is to cover promising, recent, and novel research trends in polaritons. Areas to be covered in this Special Issue may include, but are not limited to:

  • theory;
  • simulation;
  • characterization;
  • application.

Dr. Weiliang Wang
Prof. Dr. Fu-Li Hsiao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • phonon polariton
  • plasmon polariton
  • exciton polariton
  • Cooper-pair polariton
  • magnon polariton

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Robust UV Plasmonic Properties of Co-Doped Ag2Te
by Xin Su, Yuan Gao, Qi Wu, Haizeng Song, Shancheng Yan and Yi Shi
Crystals 2022, 12(10), 1469; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst12101469 - 17 Oct 2022
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Ag2Te is a novel topological insulator system and a new candidate for plasmon resonance due to the existence of a Dirac cone in the low-energy region. Although the optical response spectrum of Ag2Te has been studied by theoretical and [...] Read more.
Ag2Te is a novel topological insulator system and a new candidate for plasmon resonance due to the existence of a Dirac cone in the low-energy region. Although the optical response spectrum of Ag2Te has been studied by theoretical and experimental methods, the plasmon resonance and stability of Co-doped Ag2Te remain elusive. Here, we theoretically report a new unconventional UV plasmon mode and its stability in Co-doped Ag2Te. Through density functional theory (DFT), we identify a deep UV plasmon mode within 15–40 eV, which results from the enhanced inter-band transition in this range. The deep UV plasmon is important for detection and lithography, but they have previously been difficult to obtain with traditional plasmon materials such as noble metals and graphene, while most of which only support plasmons in the visible and infrared spectra. Furthermore, we should highlight that the high-energy dielectric function is almost invariant under different doping amounts, indicating that the UV plasmon of Ag2Te is robust under Co doping. Our results predict a spectrum window of a robust deep UV plasmon mode for Ag2Te-related material systems. Full article
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Graphene-Integrated Plasmonic Metamaterial for Manipulation of Multi-Band Absorption, Based on Near-Field Coupled Resonators
by Man Hoai Nam, Bui Son Tung, Bui Xuan Khuyen, Duong Thi Ha, Nguyen Van Ngoc, Manh Cuong Tran, Dac Tuyen Le, Vu Dinh Lam, Liangyao Chen, Haiyu Zheng and YoungPak Lee
Crystals 2022, 12(4), 525; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst12040525 - 09 Apr 2022
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We demonstrated a multi-band plasmonic metamaterial absorber (MA), based on the near-field coupled resonators. In addition to the individual resonances of resonators in the proposed structure, which were split-ring resonator (SRR) and cross-shape structures, another resonance was also excited owing to the coupling [...] Read more.
We demonstrated a multi-band plasmonic metamaterial absorber (MA), based on the near-field coupled resonators. In addition to the individual resonances of resonators in the proposed structure, which were split-ring resonator (SRR) and cross-shape structures, another resonance was also excited owing to the coupling of resonators, revealing a triple-band absorption. Furthermore, to control the absorption behavior, on the top of the SRRs, the identical SRRs made of graphene ink were pasted. By increasing the resistance of graphene ink, the coupling strength was weakened, changing the triple-band absorption to a dual-band one. Our work might be useful as the controllable devices, based on graphene-integrated plasmonic MA, such as filters, detectors and energy harvesters. Full article
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Broadband Active Control of Transverse Scattering from All-Dielectric Nanoparticle
by Huiwen Yu, Hongjia Zhu, Jinyang Li, Zhaolong Cao and Huanjun Chen
Crystals 2021, 11(8), 920; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst11080920 - 07 Aug 2021
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Steering electromagnetic scattering by subwavelength objects is usually accompanied by the excitation of electric and magnetic modes. The Kerker effect, which relies on the precise overlapping between electric and magnetic multipoles, is a potential approach to address this challenge. However, fundamental limitations on [...] Read more.
Steering electromagnetic scattering by subwavelength objects is usually accompanied by the excitation of electric and magnetic modes. The Kerker effect, which relies on the precise overlapping between electric and magnetic multipoles, is a potential approach to address this challenge. However, fundamental limitations on the reconfigurability and tunability challenge their future implementation in practical applications. Here, we demonstrate a design approach by applying coherent control to a silicon nanodisk. By utilizing an experimentally feasible two-wave excitation, this coherent light-by-light control enables a highly reconfigurable, broadband, and tunable transverse scattering, extending the feasibility of unidirectional scattering in various practical scenarios, including on-chip integrations and optical communications. Full article
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