Tamm plasmons in metal/nanoporous GaN distributed Bragg reflector cavities for active and passive optoelectronics

G Lheureux, M Monavarian, R Anderson… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
G Lheureux, M Monavarian, R Anderson, RA DeCrescent, J Bellessa, C Symonds…
Optics Express, 2020opg.optica.org
We theoretically and experimentally investigate Tamm plasmon (TP) modes in a
metal/semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) interface. A thin Ag (silver) layer with
a thickness (55 nm from simulation) that is optimized to guarantee a low reflectivity at the
resonance was deposited on nanoporous GaN DBRs fabricated using electrochemical (EC)
etching on freestanding semipolar (2021¯) GaN substrates. The reflectivity spectra of the
DBRs are compared before and after the Ag deposition and with that of a blanket Ag layer …
We theoretically and experimentally investigate Tamm plasmon (TP) modes in a metal/semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) interface. A thin Ag (silver) layer with a thickness (55 nm from simulation) that is optimized to guarantee a low reflectivity at the resonance was deposited on nanoporous GaN DBRs fabricated using electrochemical (EC) etching on freestanding semipolar (2021¯) GaN substrates. The reflectivity spectra of the DBRs are compared before and after the Ag deposition and with that of a blanket Ag layer deposited on GaN. The experimental results indicate the presence of a TP mode at ∼ 454 nm on the structure after the Ag deposition, which is also supported by theoretical calculations using a transfer-matrix algorithm. The results from mode dispersion with energy-momentum reflectance spectroscopy measurements also support the presence of a TP mode at the metal-nanoporous GaN DBR interface. An active medium can also be accommodated within the mode for optoelectronics and photonics. Moreover, the simulation results predict a sensitivity of the TP mode wavelength to the ambient (∼ 4-7 nm shift when changing the ambient within the pores from air with n?=?1 to isopropanol n?=?1.3), suggesting an application of the nanoporous GaN-based TP structure for optical sensing.
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