TY - CONF

T1 - Sub-wavelength focusing of mid-IR light using metal/diamond/metal campanile probe for ultra-broadband SPM

AU - Medapalli, Rajasekhar

AU - Cottam, Nathan

AU - Agarwal, Khushboo

AU - Gonzalez-Munoz, Sergio

AU - Mikhaylovskiy, Rostislav

AU - Kafanov, Sergey

AU - Jarvis, Samuel

AU - Patane, Amalia

AU - Kolosov, Oleg

PY - 2024/3/26

Y1 - 2024/3/26

N2 - Developing methods for efficient nanoscale probing of light‐matter interaction, especially in the Mid‐ IR and THz spectral range, is essential for studying fundamental physical phenomena as well as chemical properties at micrometer to nanometer length scales. A highly efficient nanoscale focusing of visible and near‐IR radiation light was reported recently using Au‐SiO2‐Au tapered gap campanileplasmon waveguide with an 830 nm wavelength that couples free space light into the nanoscale domain, enabling probing of materials in the visible and near‐IR spectral range [1]. We expand this capability to the highly important mid‐IR through THz range providing valuable information on local nanoscale chemistry and physical processes of materials and devices using a campanile shaped diamond tetragonal pyramid [2]. Our finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation reveals that nanoscale focusing of mid‐IR light is possible within the range of geometriesand metal coatings including Au, Al and Cu. Here we report linked modeling and experimental results showing the confining efficiency of diamond pyramid to sub‐walength areas (2‐4 um) in the mid‐IR range (l=8‐10 μm). Furthermore, we demonstrate the integration of Au/diamond/Au light concentrator into a scanning probe microscope for performing sub‐wavelength spectroscopy of various materials in both reflection and transmission geometries. We also demonstrate probing of the field photoresistive and photovoltaic response of active graphene device using far field optical focusing as a aplatform for near‐field probing.1) H. Choo et al., Nature Photonics 6, 838 (2012).2) M. Mrejen et al., Nature Commun. 6, 7565 (2015)3) https://hiwin-felix.org/Work is supported by the UKRI HiWiN project and FELIX-Nijmegen, Radboud University.

AB - Developing methods for efficient nanoscale probing of light‐matter interaction, especially in the Mid‐ IR and THz spectral range, is essential for studying fundamental physical phenomena as well as chemical properties at micrometer to nanometer length scales. A highly efficient nanoscale focusing of visible and near‐IR radiation light was reported recently using Au‐SiO2‐Au tapered gap campanileplasmon waveguide with an 830 nm wavelength that couples free space light into the nanoscale domain, enabling probing of materials in the visible and near‐IR spectral range [1]. We expand this capability to the highly important mid‐IR through THz range providing valuable information on local nanoscale chemistry and physical processes of materials and devices using a campanile shaped diamond tetragonal pyramid [2]. Our finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation reveals that nanoscale focusing of mid‐IR light is possible within the range of geometriesand metal coatings including Au, Al and Cu. Here we report linked modeling and experimental results showing the confining efficiency of diamond pyramid to sub‐walength areas (2‐4 um) in the mid‐IR range (l=8‐10 μm). Furthermore, we demonstrate the integration of Au/diamond/Au light concentrator into a scanning probe microscope for performing sub‐wavelength spectroscopy of various materials in both reflection and transmission geometries. We also demonstrate probing of the field photoresistive and photovoltaic response of active graphene device using far field optical focusing as a aplatform for near‐field probing.1) H. Choo et al., Nature Photonics 6, 838 (2012).2) M. Mrejen et al., Nature Commun. 6, 7565 (2015)3) https://hiwin-felix.org/Work is supported by the UKRI HiWiN project and FELIX-Nijmegen, Radboud University.

KW - BCP

KW - nanospectroscopy

KW - adiabatic light compression

M3 - Abstract

T2 - RMS AFM & SPM Meeting 2024

Y2 - 26 March 2024 through 28 March 2024

ER -