Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures
Atomically thin, two-dimensional, transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers have recently emerged as a versatile platform for optoelectronics. Their appeal stems from a tunable direct bandgap in the visible and near-infrared regions, the ability to enable strong coupling to light, and the uni...
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| author | Cotrufo Michele Sun Liuyang Choi Junho Alù Andrea Li Xiaoqin |
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| description | Atomically thin, two-dimensional, transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers have recently emerged as a versatile platform for optoelectronics. Their appeal stems from a tunable direct bandgap in the visible and near-infrared regions, the ability to enable strong coupling to light, and the unique opportunity to address the valley degree of freedom over atomically thin layers. Additionally, monolayer TMDs can host defect-bound localized excitons that behave as single-photon emitters, opening exciting avenues for highly integrated 2D quantum photonic circuitry. By introducing plasmonic nanostructures and metasurfaces, one may effectively enhance light harvesting, direct valley-polarized emission, and route valley index. This review article focuses on these critical aspects to develop integrated photonic and valleytronic applications by exploiting exciton–plasmon coupling over a new hybrid material platform. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e088043b222240a3a4ef13910945f09d2022-12-21T23:32:30ZengDe GruyterNanophotonics2192-86062192-86142019-03-018457759810.1515/nanoph-2018-0185nanoph-2018-0185Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructuresCotrufo Michele0Sun Liuyang1Choi Junho2Alù Andrea3Li Xiaoqin4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USADepartment of Physics, Complex Quantum Systems, and Texas Materials Institutes, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USADepartment of Physics, Complex Quantum Systems, and Texas Materials Institutes, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USAPhotonics Initiative, Advanced Science Research Center, City University of New York, NY 10031, USADepartment of Physics, Complex Quantum Systems, and Texas Materials Institutes, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USAAtomically thin, two-dimensional, transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers have recently emerged as a versatile platform for optoelectronics. Their appeal stems from a tunable direct bandgap in the visible and near-infrared regions, the ability to enable strong coupling to light, and the unique opportunity to address the valley degree of freedom over atomically thin layers. Additionally, monolayer TMDs can host defect-bound localized excitons that behave as single-photon emitters, opening exciting avenues for highly integrated 2D quantum photonic circuitry. By introducing plasmonic nanostructures and metasurfaces, one may effectively enhance light harvesting, direct valley-polarized emission, and route valley index. This review article focuses on these critical aspects to develop integrated photonic and valleytronic applications by exploiting exciton–plasmon coupling over a new hybrid material platform.https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2018-0185exciton–plasmon couplingmetasurfacesingle-photon emissiontmdvalley polarization |
| spellingShingle | Cotrufo Michele Sun Liuyang Choi Junho Alù Andrea Li Xiaoqin Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures Nanophotonics exciton–plasmon coupling metasurface single-photon emission tmd valley polarization |
| title | Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures |
| title_full | Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures |
| title_short | Enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures |
| title_sort | enhancing functionalities of atomically thin semiconductors with plasmonic nanostructures |
| topic | exciton–plasmon coupling metasurface single-photon emission tmd valley polarization |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2018-0185 |
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