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ArticleNature materials2025

Flatland wakes based on leaky hyperbolic polaritons.

Na Chen, Hanchao Teng, Hai Hu, Min Liu, Chengyu Jiang, Zhuoxin Xue, Hualong Zhu, Jiayi Gui, Peining Li, Andrea Alù and 1 more

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  1. Far-Infrared Hyperbolic Phonon-Polaritons in Zirconium Disulfide.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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Na Chen *CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2720-9587
Hanchao Teng *CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.
Hai HuCAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China. huh@nanoctr.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4243-2333
Min LiuCAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.
Chengyu JiangCAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.
Zhuoxin XueCAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.
Hualong ZhuCAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-2767-799X
Jiayi GuiCAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, P. R. China.
Peining LiWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3836-3803
Andrea AlùPhotonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA. aalu@gc.cuny.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4297-5274
Qing DaiSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China. daiqing@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1750-0867

Funding

Beijing Nova Program 2022012Beijing Nova Program 20240484600China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2024M760685National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 51972072National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52072083National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52172139National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52322209National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52350314National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U2032206United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR) N00014-2212448Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS) 2022037
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Abstract

Hyperbolic polaritons facilitate nanoscale light manipulation, but strong field confinement limits their transmission across interfaces. Conversely, leaky waves can convert radiation from confined sources towards the far field. Here we combine hyperbolic polaritons and leaky wave radiation to demonstrate flatland leaky polaritonic wakes. We employ a mixed-dimensional van der Waals heterostructure consisting of a nanoscale waveguide strip on a van der Waals film. The waveguide mode, confined inside the hyperbolic light cone of the background film, enables efficient directional in-plane emission of fast phonon polaritons. The constructive interference of these leaky polaritons generates highly directional polaritonic wakes. Their spatial symmetry can be tailored through the orientation of the heterostructure with respect to the hyperbolic film dispersion. Leveraging van der Waals stacking, we also demonstrate effective acceleration and deceleration of polaritonic wakes by locally tailoring the leaky nano-waveguide dispersion through gradient thickness design. Our findings demonstrate that polaritonic wakes hold promise for integrated nanophotonic circuits.

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