Tunable spectral manifestation of Tamm plasmon-polaritons in a hybrid structure with 2d black phosphorus in the terahertz range

ABSTRACT

A structure consisting of the 2d black phosphorus (BP) film and a rugate filter (RF) divided by a liquid crystal (LC) layer is theoretically studied as a system in which Tamm plasmon-polaritons (TPP) can be excited. The spectral distribution of the reflection coefficient of the system in the RF band gap region is calculated for the cases when the band gap is in the regions of 1 and 10 THz. It is shown that, in both cases, the reflection coefficient dip associated with TPP excitation near the 2d BP film appears in the RF band gap region. The spectral position and magnitude of the reflection coefficient dip depend on the harmonic profile parameters of the RF refractive index, concentration and effective mass of the 2d BP charge carriers, and the LC layer thickness and refractive index. It was found that the TPP wavelength is a periodic function of the LC layer thickness and its refractive index, and with their increase, two or more TPP can appear at wavelengths within the RF band gap. The possibility of controlling the TPP spectral position using an external electric field is noted.

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KEYWORDS:

• 2d black phosphorus
• liquid crystal
• Tamm plasmon-polariton
• reflection coefficient

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Funding

This work was partially supported by EOARD Grant [15IOE011].