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ArticleNature communications2022

Strong in-plane scattering of acoustic graphene plasmons by surface atomic steps.

Ni Zhang, Weiwei Luo, Lei Wang, Jiang Fan, Wei Wu, Mengxin Ren, Xinzheng Zhang, Wei Cai, Jingjun Xu

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Ni Zhang *The Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Weiwei Luo *The Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Lei Wang *College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China.
Jiang FanThe Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Wei WuThe Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Mengxin RenThe Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China.
Xinzheng ZhangThe Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-3273
Wei CaiThe Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China. weicai@nankai.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4451-5239
Jingjun XuThe Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300457, China. jjxu@nankai.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2509-0175

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acoustic graphene plasmons (AGPs) have ultrastrong field confinement and low loss, which have been applied for quantum effect exploration and ångström-thick material sensing. However, the exploration of in-plane scattering of AGPs is still lacking, although it is essential for the manipulation of ultraconfined optical fields down to atomic level. Here, by using scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM), we show that the mid-infrared AGPs can be strongly scattered by atomic level height steps, even though the step height of the scatterer is four orders of magnitude smaller than the incident free wavelength. This effect can be attributed to larger back scattering of AGPs than that of the traditional graphene plasmons. Besides, the scattering of AGPs by individual scatterers can be controlled via electrical back gating. Our work suggests a feasible way to control confined optical fields with atomic level height nanostructures, which can be used for ultra-compacted strong light-matter interactions.

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