Thermal manipulation of plasmons in atomically thin films

Eduardo J. C. Dias; Renwen Yu; F. Javier García de Abajo

doi:10.1038/s41377-020-0322-z

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Thermal manipulation of plasmons in atomically thin films

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- Thermal manipulation of plasmons in atomically thin films
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 9, Issue 3, Pages: 828-838(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
  2.ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
- Author bio：
  
  Renwen Yu (renwen.yu@icloud.com)
  Javier García de Abajo (javier.garciadeabajo@nanophotonics.es)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-020-0322-z
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- Published：2020，
  
  Published Online：18 May 2020，
  
  Received：12 December 2019，
  
  Revised：20 April 2020，
  
  Accepted：25 April 2020
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Dias, E. J. C., Yu, R. W. & de Abajo, F. J. G. et al. Thermal manipulation of plasmons in atomically thin films. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 828-838 (2020).
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Dias, E. J. C., Yu, R. W. & de Abajo, F. J. G. et al. Thermal manipulation of plasmons in atomically thin films. Light: Science & Applications, 9, 828-838 (2020). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-020-0322-z.

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Abstract

Nanoscale photothermal effects enable important applications in cancer therapy

imaging and catalysis. These effects also induce substantial changes in the optical response experienced by the probing light

thus suggesting their application in all-optical modulation. Here

we demonstrate the ability of graphene

thin metal films

and graphene/metal hybrid systems to undergo photothermal optical modulation with depths as large as > 70% over a wide spectral range extending from the visible to the terahertz frequency domains. We envision the use of ultrafast pump laser pulses to raise the electron temperature of graphene during a picosecond timescale in which its mid-infrared plasmon resonances undergo dramatic shifts and broadenings

while visible and near-infrared plasmons in the neighboring metal films are severely attenuated by the presence of hot graphene electrons. Our study opens a promising avenue toward the active photothermal manipulation of the optical response in atomically thin materials with potential applications in ultrafast light modulation.

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