Abstract
We discuss the possibility of plasmon canalization, collimation, and tunneling over ultrathin metasurfaces, enabled by extreme anisotropy in their complex conductivity dyadic. The interplay between anisotropy, conductivity-near-zero, and loss is exploited here to derive general conditions for plasmon canalization and efficient energy transport. We also demonstrate how the intrinsic in-plane anisotropy of black phosphorus can provide a natural platform to engineer these conditions, exhibiting important advantages over isotropic plasmonic materials. Our findings have implications for plasmonic sensors, planar hyperlenses, and plasmon steering over a surface, and they highlight the potential of two-dimensional materials beyond graphene.
1 More- Received 30 March 2017
- Revised 3 August 2017
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.075436
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