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Nonlinear Luttinger liquid plasmons in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
摘要： Interacting electrons confined in one dimension are generally described by the Luttinger liquid formalism, where the low-energy electronic dispersion is assumed to be linear and the resulting plasmonic excitations are non-interacting. Instead, a Luttinger liquid in one-dimensional materials with nonlinear electronic bands is expected to show strong plasmon–plasmon interactions, but an experimental demonstration of this behaviour has been lacking. Here, we combine infrared nano-imaging and electronic transport to investigate the behaviour of plasmonic excitations in semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes with carrier density controlled by electrostatic gating. We show that both the propagation velocity and the dynamic damping of plasmons can be tuned continuously, which is well captured by the nonlinear Luttinger liquid theory. These results contrast with the gate-independent plasmons observed in metallic nanotubes, as expected for a linear Luttinger liquid. Our findings provide an experimental demonstration of one-dimensional electron dynamics beyond the conventional linear Luttinger liquid paradigm and are important for understanding excited-state properties in one dimension.
关键词： single-walled carbon nanotubes,Nonlinear Luttinger liquid,infrared nano-imaging,plasmons,electronic transport
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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Metallic Carbon Nanotube Nanocavities as Ultra-compact and Low-loss Fabry-Perot Plasmonic Resonators
摘要： Plasmonic resonators enable deep subwavelength manipulation of light matter interactions and have been intensively studied both in fundamental physics as well as for potential technological applications. While various metallic nanostructures have been proposed as plasmonic resonators, their performances are rather limited at mid- and far-infrared wavelengths. Recently, highly-confined and low-loss Luttinger liquid plasmons in metallic single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have been observed at infrared wavelengths. Here, we tailor metallic SWNTs into ultraclean nanocavities by advanced scanning probe lithography and investigate plasmon modes in these individual nanocavities by infrared nano-imaging. The dependence of mode evolutions on cavity length and excitation wavelength can be captured by a Fabry-Perot resonator model of a plasmon nanowaveguide terminated by highly reflective ends. Plasmonic resonators based on SWNT nanocavities approach the ultimate plasmon confinement limit and open the door to the strong light-matter coupling regime, which may enable various nanophotonic applications.
关键词： Plasmonic nanocavity,Carbon nanotubes,Nanophotonics,Infrared nano-imaging
更新于2025-09-19 17:13:59
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Photonic crystal for graphene plasmons
摘要： Photonic crystals are commonly implemented in media with periodically varying optical properties. Photonic crystals enable exquisite control of light propagation in integrated optical circuits, and also emulate advanced physical concepts. However, common photonic crystals are un?t for in-operando on/off controls. We overcome this limitation and demonstrate a broadly tunable two-dimensional photonic crystal for surface plasmon polaritons. Our platform consists of a continuous graphene monolayer integrated in a back-gated platform with nano-structured gate insulators. Infrared nano-imaging reveals the formation of a photonic bandgap and strong modulation of the local plasmonic density of states that can be turned on/off or gradually tuned by the applied gate voltage. We also implement an arti?cial domain wall which supports highly con?ned one-dimensional plasmonic modes. Our electrostatically-tunable photonic crystals are derived from standard metal oxide semiconductor ?eld effect transistor technology and pave a way for practical on-chip light manipulation.
关键词： graphene plasmons,tunable,infrared nano-imaging,Photonic crystal,surface plasmon polaritons
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04