Projektbeschreibung
Zweidimensionale Metamaterialien und optisch aktive Halbleiter für ultradünne Nanophotonikbauelemente
In der Nanophotonik werden die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Licht und Materie im Nanobereich ausgenutzt, um künstliche Materialien mit elektromagnetischen Eigenschaften zu schaffen, die in der Natur nicht vorkommen. Diese exotischen Metamaterialien und ihr Potenzial, Licht im Sub-Wellenlängenbereich zu steuern, ermöglichen bahnbrechende Neuerungen in Bereichen wie Informationsspeicherung und -verarbeitung, Sensorik und Bildgebung. Im Rahmen des EU-finanzierten Projekts FLATLIGHT wird die Optimierung der einzigartigen zweidimensionalen Metamaterialien (Metaoberflächen) betrieben, bei denen metallische Nanostrukturen eingesetzt werden, und die im Infrarotbereich bis hin zu den für viele Anwendungen wichtigsten Wellenlängen des sichtbaren Lichts arbeiten. Diese werden mit optisch aktiven Halbleitern kombiniert. Mit ihnen sollen ultradünne, rekonfigurierbare flache Bauelemente geschaffen werden, um Licht bei hohen Frequenzen zu modulieren und Polaritonengase in Festkörpermetasystemen zu steuern.
Ziel
For the last 15 years, optics has undergone a remarkable evolution towards ever decreasing sizes, better integration in complex systems, and more compact devices readily available to mass markets. Whereas traditional optics is at the centimeter scale, newly developed techniques use nanoscale objects to control, guide, and focus light. From the capability to shape metallic and dielectric nanostructures has emerged the field of nanophotonics.
Advances in nanophotonics offer the possibility to control the material’s optical properties to create artificial materials with electromagnetic properties not found in nature. Man-made 3D metamaterials have interesting fundamental aspects and present many advantages with respect to conventional devices. Unexpected effects have led to the development of interesting applications like high resolution lenses and cloaking devices.
Inspired by this new technology, we have developed new 2D metamaterials. Our flat metamaterials (metasurfaces) are much simpler to manufacture than their 3D counterparts. By depositing a set of nanostructures at an interface, we can immediately control the light properties; unlike refractive optical components, the wavefront is modified without propagation. As of today, these interfaces are created using metallic nanostructures and work in the infrared. In this ERC, we plan to extend the concept of optical metasurfaces in the visible which is the most important wavelength range for applications. By combining with optically active semiconductors such as InGaAlN, we will add optical gain and modulation capability to the system to create new, efficient optoelectronic devices. The response of the metasurfaces is tunable by changing the environment surrounding the nanostructures. We will use this property to create ultrathin reconfigurable flat devices. Metasurfaces will be integrated with AlN/GaN to modulate light at high frequencies and further exploited to control polariton gases in solid state metasystems.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcrystals
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-processes
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynanophotonics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics
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ERC-STG - Starting GrantGastgebende Einrichtung
75794 Paris
Frankreich