Exploring van der Waals materials with high anisotropy: geometrical and optical approaches

Aleksandr S. Slavich; Georgy A. Ermolaev; Mikhail K. Tatmyshevskiy; Adilet N. Toksumakov; Olga G. Matveeva; Dmitriy V. Grudinin; Kirill V. Voronin; Arslan Mazitov; Konstantin V. Kravtsov; Alexander V. Syuy; Dmitry M. Tsymbarenko; Mikhail S. Mironov; Sergey M. Novikov; Ivan Kruglov; Davit A. Ghazaryan; Andrey A. Vyshnevyy; Aleksey V. Arsenin; Valentyn S. Volkov; Kostya S. Novoselov

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Exploring van der Waals materials with high anisotropy: geometrical and optical approaches

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- Exploring van der Waals materials with high anisotropy: geometrical and optical approaches
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 13, Issue 4, Pages: 645-653(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Moscow Center for Advanced Studies, Kulakova str. 20, Moscow 123592, Russia
  2.Emerging Technologies Research Center, XPANCEO, Internet City, Emmay Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  3.Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Donostia/San-Sebastián 20018, Spain
  4.Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  5.Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
  6.Laboratory of Advanced Functional Materials, Yerevan State University, Yerevan 0025, Armenia
  7.National Graphene Institute (NGI), University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
  8.Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 03-09 EA, Singapore
  9.Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials, National University of Singapore, 117544 Singapore, Singapore
- Author bio：
  
  Kostya S. Novoselov (kostya@nus.edu.sg)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01407-3
  CLC：
- Received：20 September 2023，
  
  Revised：22 January 2024，
  
  Accepted：2024-02-01，
  
  Published Online：08 March 2024，
  
  Published：30 April 2024
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Slavich, A. S. et al. Exploring van der Waals materials with high anisotropy: geometrical and optical approaches. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 645-653 (2024).
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Slavich, A. S. et al. Exploring van der Waals materials with high anisotropy: geometrical and optical approaches. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 645-653 (2024). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01407-3.

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Abstract

The emergence of van der Waals (vdW) materials resulted in the discovery of their high optical

mechanical

and electronic anisotropic properties

immediately enabling countless novel phenomena and applications. Such success inspired an intensive search for the highest possible anisotropic properties among vdW materials. Furthermore

the identification of the most promising among the huge family of vdW materials is a challenging quest requiring innovative approaches. Here

we suggest an easy-to-use method for such a survey based on the crystallographic geometrical perspective of vdW materials followed by their optical characterization. Using our approach

we found As

as a highly anisotropic vdW material. It demonstrates high in-plane optical anisotropy that is ~20% larger than for rutile and over two times as large as calcite

high refractive index

and transparency in the visible range

overcoming the century-long record set by rutile. Given these benefits

opens a pathway towards next-generation nanophotonics as demonstrated by an ultrathin true zero-order quarter-wave plate that combines classical and the Fabry–Pérot optical phase accumulations. Hence

our approach provides an effective and easy-to-use method to find vdW materials with the utmost anisotropic properties.

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