Terahertz near-field microscopy of metallic circular split ring resonators with graphene in the gap.
Sci Rep
; 14(1): 16227, 2024 Jul 14.
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ABSTRACT
Optical resonators are fundamental building blocks of photonic systems, enabling meta-surfaces, sensors, and transmission filters to be developed for a range of applications. Sub-wavelength size (< λ/10) resonators, including planar split-ring resonators, are at the forefront of research owing to their potential for light manipulation, sensing applications and for exploring fundamental light-matter coupling phenomena. Near-field microscopy has emerged as a valuable tool for mode imaging in sub-wavelength size terahertz (THz) frequency resonators, essential for emerging THz devices (e.g. negative index materials, magnetic mirrors, filters) and enhanced light-matter interaction phenomena. Here, we probe coherently the localized field supported by circular split ring resonators with single layer graphene (SLG) embedded in the resonator gap, by means of scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM), using either a single-mode or a frequency comb THz quantum cascade laser (QCL), in a detectorless configuration, via self-mixing interferometry. We demonstrate deep sub-wavelength mapping of the field distribution associated with in-plane resonator modes resolving both amplitude and phase of the supported modes, and unveiling resonant electric field enhancement in SLG, key for high harmonic generation.
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