Polariton panorama

DN Basov, A Asenjo-Garcia, PJ Schuck, X Zhu… - …, 2020 - degruyter.com
In this brief review, we summarize and elaborate on some of the nomenclature of polaritonic
phenomena and systems as they appear in the literature on quantum materials and …

Manipulating polaritons at the extreme scale in van der Waals materials

Y Wu, J Duan, W Ma, Q Ou, P Li… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Polaritons, originating from the interactions between photons and material excitations, have
attracted attention because of their strong field compression and deeply subdiffractional …

Ghost hyperbolic surface polaritons in bulk anisotropic crystals

W Ma, G Hu, D Hu, R Chen, T Sun, X Zhang, Q Dai… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Polaritons in anisotropic materials result in exotic optical features, which can provide
opportunities to control light at the nanoscale,,,,,,,,–. So far these polaritons have been …

Hyperbolic shear polaritons in low-symmetry crystals

NC Passler, X Ni, G Hu, JR Matson, G Carini, M Wolf… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The lattice symmetry of a crystal is one of the most important factors in determining its
physical properties. Particularly, low-symmetry crystals offer powerful opportunities to control …

Extreme light confinement and control in low-symmetry phonon-polaritonic crystals

E Galiffi, G Carini, X Ni, G Álvarez-Pérez… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Polaritons are a hybrid class of quasiparticles originating from the strong and resonant
coupling between light and matter excitations. Recent years have witnessed a surge of …

Boron nitride nanoresonators for phonon-enhanced molecular vibrational spectroscopy at the strong coupling limit

P Li, I Dolado, FJ Alfaro-Mozaz, R Esteban… - Light: Science & …, 2018 - nature.com
Enhanced light-matter interactions are the basis of surface-enhanced infrared absorption
(SEIRA) spectroscopy, and conventionally rely on plasmonic materials and their capability to …

Real-space observation of vibrational strong coupling between propagating phonon polaritons and organic molecules

A Bylinkin, M Schnell, M Autore, F Calavalle, P Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Phonon polaritons in van der Waals materials can strongly enhance light–matter interactions
at mid-infrared frequencies, owing to their extreme field confinement and long lifetimes …

Direct observation of highly confined phonon polaritons in suspended monolayer hexagonal boron nitride

N Li, X Guo, X Yang, R Qi, T Qiao, Y Li, R Shi, Y Li… - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Phonon polaritons enable light confinement at deep subwavelength scales, with potential
technological applications, such as subdiffraction imaging, sensing and engineering of …

Edge-oriented and steerable hyperbolic polaritons in anisotropic van der Waals nanocavities

Z Dai, G Hu, G Si, Q Ou, Q Zhang, S Balendhran… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Highly confined and low-loss polaritons are known to propagate isotropically over graphene
and hexagonal boron nitride in the plane, leaving limited degrees of freedom in …

Phonon-polaritonics: enabling powerful capabilities for infrared photonics

S Foteinopoulou, GCR Devarapu, GS Subramania… - …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Here, we review the progress and most recent advances in phonon-polaritonics, an
emerging and growing field that has brought about a range of powerful possibilities for mid …