Mode composition of waveguides based on a van der Waals crystal hyperbolic within the visible range
Matveeva O. G.
1, Voronin K. V.
2, Grudinin D. V.
1,3, Chikalkin S. D.1,4, Pak N. V.1, Titova M. I.5, Baranov D. G.1, Vishnevyy A. A.1, Volkov V. S.3, Arsenin A. V.1,3
1Photonics, Quantum Technologies and 2D Materials, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
2Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia/San-Sebastian, Spain
3Emerging Technologies Research Center, XPANCEO, Internet City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
4Russian Quantum Center, Moscow, Russia
5Laboratory of Programmable Functional Materials, Center for Neurophysics and Neuromorphic Technologies, Moscow, Russia
Email: matveeva@phystech.edu
The capacity for efficient transmission of light signals at the nanoscale makes optical waveguides a fundamental element of nanotechnology applications. Plasmon polariton waveguides based on van der Waals material MoOCl2, which is hyperbolic in near-infrared and visible light, are demonstrated. The figure of merit (FOM) of waveguide modes is found to be close to 40 within the 530-960 nm interval. Ultrahigh degrees of localization of waveguide modes (up to q=15) are also observed. In addition, the dependence of waveguide characteristics on the angle between the principal waveguide axis and the axis along which excitation may propagate in the crystalline layer is calculated. Keywords: optical waveguides, hyperbolic plasmon polaritons, biaxial van der Waals crystal, superlocalized modes.
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