In-plane dipolar nano-antenna steers polariton waves at nanoscale

Huanjun Chen; Shaozhi Deng

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01284-2

In-plane dipolar nano-antenna steers polariton waves at nanoscale

Light Sci Appl. 2023 Oct 18;12(1):253. doi: 10.1038/s41377-023-01284-2.

Authors

Huanjun Chen¹, Shaozhi Deng²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Display Material and Technology, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China. stsdsz@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

Abstract

Hyperbolic polaritons can be launched and guided into mirror-symmetric-broken trajectories using an in-plane dipolar nano-antenna, and this asymmetry can be configured by adjusting the polarization direction of the in-plane dipole moment.

Grants and funding

91963205/National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund)