Title | Tamm plasmons in metal/nanoporous GaN distributed Bragg reflector cavities for active and passive optoelectronics |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Authors | Lheureux, G., M. Monavarian, R. Anderson, R. A. Decrescent, J. Bellessa, C. Symonds, J. A. Schuller, J. S. Speck, S. Nakamura, and S. P. DenBaars |
Journal | Opt. Express |
Volume | 28 |
Pagination | 17934–17943 |
Date Published | Jun |
Keywords | Bragg reflectors, Distributed Bragg reflectors, Optical sensing, Reflectance spectroscopy, Refractive index, Surface plasmons |
Abstract | 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 $\sim$ 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 ($\sim$ 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. |
URL | http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-28-12-17934 |
DOI | 10.1364/OE.392546 |