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Engineering anisotropic electrodynamics at the graphene/CrSBr interface.

Daniel J Rizzo¹, Eric Seewald², Fangzhou Zhao³

¹Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. djr2181@columbia.edu.

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|February 21, 2025

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We engineered a graphene/CrSBr interface for highly anisotropic surface plasmon polariton (SPP) propagation. This novel material exhibits SPPs with order-of-magnitude differences in propagation length along different crystal axes.

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Area of Science:

Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanophotonics

Background:

Graphene supports surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) with low loss and high confinement.
Graphene's isotropic nature limits its use in anisotropic polaritonic applications like lensing.
Anisotropic materials are needed for controlled SPP guidance and focusing.

Purpose of the Study:

To engineer a 2D material interface exhibiting highly anisotropic SPP propagation.
To investigate the interaction between graphene and CrSBr for tailored polaritonic behavior.
To explore mid-infrared and terahertz applications of anisotropic SPPs.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of graphene/CrSBr heterostructures.
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) for interface characterization.
Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) for optical property mapping.
First-principles calculations for theoretical analysis.

Main Results:

Demonstrated mutual doping exceeding 10^13 cm^-2 between graphene and CrSBr layers.
Observed highly anisotropic SPP propagation in graphene/CrSBr across mid-infrared and terahertz frequencies.
SPP propagation was preferentially along quasi-1D chains in CrSBr due to charge transfer and electronic anisotropy.
Anisotropic propagation lengths differed by an order of magnitude along in-plane crystallographic axes.

Conclusions:

Graphene/CrSBr serves as a novel platform for anisotropic SPP propagation.
The proximity effect enables control over SPP behavior and propagation characteristics.
This engineered interface opens new avenues for polaritonic devices and applications.