Gate-Tunable Spatial Modulation of Localized Plasmon Resonances.

Arcangeli, Andrea; Rossella, Francesco; Tomadin, Andrea; Xu, Jihua; Ercolani, Daniele; Sorba, Lucia; Beltram, Fabio; Tredicucci, Alessandro et al. · Nano Lett · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We demonstrate localization and field-effect spatial control of the plasmon resonance in semiconductor nanostructures, using scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy in the mid-infrared region. We adopt InAs nanowires embedding a graded doping profile to modulate the free carrier density along the axial direction. Our near-field measurements have a spatial resolution of 20 nm and demonstrate the presence of a local resonant feature whose position can be controlled by a back-gate bias voltage. In the present implementation, field-effect induces a modulation of the free carrier density profile yielding a spatial shift of the plasmon resonance of the order of 100 nm. We discuss the relevance of our electrically tunable nanoplasmonic architectures in view of innovative optoelectronic devices concepts.