Leonid Yu. Beliaev1, Osamu Takayama1, Pavel N. Melentiev2、3, and Andrei V. Lavrinenko1、*
Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of hyperbolic metamaterials and metasurfaces. (a) Type I hyperbolic metamaterials (εo > 0 and εe < 0) in metallic nanorod or nanowire configuration and their representative dispersion in the wavevector space (k-space). ( b) Type II hyperbolic metamaterials (εo < 0 and εe > 0) in metal-dielectric multilayer configuration and their dispersion in the wavevector space.
Fig. 2. Photoluminescence enhancement by metal-dielectric multilayer HMMs. (
a) Schematic illustration of Ag-TiO
2 multilayer HMM structures. (
b) The real part of effective ordinary and extraordinary permittivities. (
c) Time-resolved photoluminescence from QDs deposited on the HMM, control sample, and glass substrate at 605, 621, and 635 nm. (
d) Lifetime of the QDs as a function of wavelength on the HMM, control sample, and glass substrate. Figure reproduced with permission from ref.
54. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Fig. 3. Photoluminescence enhancement by metal-dielectric multilayer HMM cavities. (
a) Schematic illustration of the WS
2 monolayer on the HMM cavities. (
b) Type I hyperbolic iso-frequency contour of the HMM. (
c) Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) image of the cross section of a WS
2 monolayer on a HMM cavity with chemical composition analysis. (
d,
e) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of HMM cavities with pseudo colors. (
f) Normalized calculated scattering and absorption at cross sections of the HMM cavities with a diameter of 160 nm and a pitch of 380 nm at the bottom. Figure reproduced with permission from ref.
90, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 4. Photoluminescence enhancement on trench hyperbolic metasurface. (
a,
b) SEM images of InGaAsP MQW trenches of 100 nm height and 40 nm width, separated by 40 nm trenches. Ag is deposited by sputtering, partially filling the trenches to create a HMS with 80 nm period. (
c) Illustration of optical pumping with different polarizations (TM
P‖ or TE
P⊥ of the HMS results in collected emission polarized predominantly parallel (TM
E||) to the metasurface.
KB is the Bloch wavevector. Figure reproduced from ref.
56, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Fig. 5. Plasmonic nanowire-based HMMs. (
a) An array of Au nanorods with approximately 38 nm diameter, 150 nm height and 80 nm spacing embedded in a dye-doped PMMA matrix. (
b) Emission in waveguided modes. Experimental dispersions of the photoluminescence (PL) enhancement measured for TM-polarized emission whose position reproduced from the reflection dispersion is shown as shaded area. Gray dotted line is the light line in air, bulk greyed region is the emission band of LD700 dye. Figure reproduced with permission from: ref.
103, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 6. 1D grating out-couplers on multilayer HMMs. Schematic illustration of (a) Ag slab, (b) Ag grating, (c) Ag/Si HMM, and (d) Ag/Si HMM with grating. R6G fluorescence dye is in PMMA layers. Gratings period is 200 nm.
Fig. 7. 1D and 2D grating out-couplers on multilayer HMMs. (
a) Schematic illustration and (
b) SEM images of HMM with 1D gratings. HMM is composed of four periods of Ag (12 nm thick) and SiO
2 (83 nm) layers on top of 100 nm thick Ag substrate as a reflector. The pitch of grating is
P = 300 nm. A thin layer of QDs in PMMA is spin-coated on top of the HMM structures. (
c) Schematic of 2D grating in Ag film on HMM with 6 periods of Ag (12 nm) and Al
2O
3 (23 nm) layers. (
d) SEM image of 2D Ag on top of the PMMA layer with an average period of 500 nm and hole size of 160 nm (top view). (
e) Cross-section view of transmission electron microscope (TEM) image of HMM made of Ag (dark color, 15 nm), Al
2O
3 (bright color, 15 nm), and embedded QD layer (false color). The bottom and top layers are glass substrate (false yellow) and Pt protection (false violet) layer, respectively (shown in false color). (
f) SEM image of the top view of 2D gratings on HMMs with lattice constant of 255−370 nm with air hole radius of 52−80 nm. Figure reproduced with permission from: (a, b) ref.
112, American Chemical Society; (c, d) ref.
113, under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International License; (e, f) ref.
114, PNAS.
Fig. 8. Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials. Sketches of the (
a) single ENZ (MIM) and (
b) double ENZ (MIMIM) structures. A 50 nm thin Al
2O
3 layer has been deposited on top of each structure as a spacer between the dye (CsPbBr
3 nanocrystals) and the Ag layer. (
c) Spontaneous emission and decay times of CsPbBr
3 nanocubes deposited on a bare Al
2O
3 substrate (black), a MIM (red), and a MIMIM (blue) structure 1D grating. (
d) PL enhancement by plasmonic nanostructures. Figure reproduced with permission from ref.
135, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 9. Active HMM structure: (
a) dye molecules mixed in PMMA located on top of HMM; (
b) dye molecules arranged in dielectric layers of HMM; (
c) energy diagram of a four-level dye molecule, with an absorption (blue) and emission line (red). Figure reproduced with permission from: (a) ref.
148, American Physical Society; (b) ref.
149, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 10. FDTD simulations and analytical calculations of emitter-HMM coupling in light reflectance: (
a) reflectance with an absorption line in the weak coupling regime, (
b) strong coupling regime for the finite structure of HMM
Fig. 9(b) (logarithmic scale), (
c) real and imaginary parts of the complex eigenfrequencies
Ω± obtained with the model (green curves) in the strong coupling regime. The green and magenta curves are obtained via semi-classical model for two different modes (Eq. (9)). The blue dashed curve is the excitonic absorption line and black dashed curve is the unperturbed optical mode. The two polaritons resulting from the coupling of the optical mode with the excitonic line are identified by numbers 1 and 2 (
Ω− and
Ω+, respectively). Figure reproduced with permission from ref.
149, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 11. Exceptional points (EP) in the system formed by four-level dye molecules embedded in the dielectric medium of multilayer HMMs: (
a) group index in
z direction
ng,z of the dye infiltrated multilayer, (
b) zoom on EP1, (
c) zoom on EP3. Orange curves correspond to the band edges at the Brillouin zone center
kzD
= 0, magenta curves correspond to the band edges at the Brillouin zone edge
kzD
= π, and cyan curves correspond to the gain-loss compensation line where Im(cos(
kzD
)) = 0. Figure reproduced with permission from: ref.
149, American Chemical Society.
Fig. 12. Coherent interaction between HMM and multiple emitters leading to strong coupling: (
a) schematic diagram of HMM with QDs on top of the polymer spacer, (
b) PL measurement on QD monolayer. The magnitude of the splitting of the various PL peaks are indicated by the quantity Δ
Eexp. Figure reproduced with permission from ref.
109, The Royal Society of Chemistry.
HMM structures and materials | Emitters (emission peak wavelength) | Enhancement factor | References (year) | Au(19 nm)/Al2O3(19 nm), 8 periods
| Rhodamine 800 (715 nm) | 1.8-fold reduction of lifetime | ref.67 (2010)
| Ag(25 nm, 11 layers)/PMMA(30 nm, 10 layers); Ag(30 nm, 5 layers)/LiF(40 nm, 4 layers); Ag(30 nm)/LiF(40 nm) 8 periods, and Ag(20 nm)/MgF2(30 nm) 8 periods
| IR-140 dye (850 nm) | 1.4 for Ag/LiF; 5.7 for Ag/PMMA | ref.68 (2011)
| Au(19 nm)/Al2O3(19 nm), 8 periods
| Rhodamine 800 (720 nm) | 9.3 | ref.69 (2012)
| Ag(9 nm)/TiO2(22 nm), 10 periods
| CdSe/ZnS colloidal QDs (630 nm) | 3 | ref.54 (2012)
| Au(15 nm)/Al2O3(28 nm), 10 periods
| Coumarin 500 (480 nm) | 2 | ref.70 (2013)
| Au(19 nm)/Al2O3(19 nm), 8 periods
| NVC (637 nm) | 2.57 | ref.71 (2013)
| Au nanoparticles (15 nm)/CdTe QDs (5.5 nm), separated by dielectric (PDDA/PPS) spacers with varied thickness (0–10 nm), 2–5 periods | CdTe QDs (590 nm) | 4.4 | ref.74, 75 (2011, 2014)
| TiN(8.5 nm)/Al0.7Sc0.3N(6.3 nm),10 periods
| NVC (600–800 nm) | 4.7 max Purcell factor | ref.72 (2015)
| TiN(15 nm)/SiO2(15 nm), 5 periods
| 20 nm thick Si QDs (720 nm) | 1.6 | ref.73 (2015)
| Ag(25 nm) 7 layers /MgF2(35 nm) 6 layers
| HITC dye-doped polymeric film
(860 nm)
| 7 | ref.78 (2015)
| Ag(10 nm)/TiO2(30 nm), 10 periods
| Rhodamine 6G (R6G, 540–600 nm) | 80-fold intensity enhancement | ref.85 (2018)
| Au(26.87–37.31%)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), 4 periods | R6G dye (540–600 nm) | 1.55 for HMM1, 1.18 for HMM2 | ref.86 (2018)
| Ag(22 nm)/MoO3(10 nm) 6 periods, HMM;
Ag(12 nm)/MoO3(20 nm) 6 periods, elliptic
| ZnO nanoparticles (395 nm) | Lasing threshold 20% less and 6 times emission intensity | ref.76 (2018)
| Al(20 nm)/MgF2(20 nm), 4 periods
| 15-nm thick AlGaN MQWs (318 nm) | 160-fold emission rate | ref.77 (2018)
| Au(30 nm)/ZnS(30 nm) 5 periods, with cylindrical gold patch antenna | SiC (900 nm) | Purcell factor of 400 at 850 nm. (Theory) | ref.87 (2018)
| Ag(25 nm)/PMMA(30 nm), 5 periods | Zinc tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP), S1 (580–670 nm), S2 (400–460 nm)
| 18-fold increase in fluorescence intensity from S2 state to S1.
| ref.79 (2018)
| 320 nm thick HMM of Ag/ITO with unit cell thickness from 20 to 80 nm | CdSe/ZnS QDs (550 nm) | 40-fold intensity enhancement | ref.83 (2018)
| Quinoidal oligothiophene derivative
QQT(CN)4 (60 nm thick), 670 to 920 nm
| Styryl9M dye (680–850 nm) | 1.3-1.4 Purcell factor | ref.80 (2019)
| Ag(24 nm)/TiO2(30 nm) 5, 9, 13, and 17 layers with cylindrical Ag antenna
| CdSeS/ZnS QDs (660 nm) | 200-fold enhancement for 5-layered HMM | ref.88 (2020)
| Au(15 nm)/SiO2(25 nm) 3, 5, and 8 periods
| Emitter (600–1600 nm) | 60–85 (Theory) | ref.82 (2020)
| Ag(16 nm)/Al2O3(24 nm), 3 periods
| WS2 monolayer (615 nm)
| 30-fold enhancement of the overall PL intensity | ref.90 (2020)
| Ag(25 nm)/LiF(35 nm) and Ag(40 nm)/LiF(40 nm), 6 or 8 periods | CsPbI3 Perovskite nanocrystals (520 nm)
| 3-fold Purcell enhancement | ref.94 (2020)
| Au(10 nm)/ Al2O3(10 nm), 2–7 periods
| BA2Cs3MA3Pb7Br2I20 Perovskite film (700 nm)
| 1.6-3-fold Purcell enhancement depending on number of periods | ref.95(2021)
| Ag(25 nm)/PMMA(40 nm) and Ag(25 nm)/PMMA(30 nm), 4 periods on paper | MAPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals (520–550 nm)
| 3.5-fold intensity enhancement | ref.96 (2021)
| Aperiodic Ag (20 nm, 6 layers)/SiO2(20 nm, 6 layers) in Fibonacci sequence
| Colloidal CdSe/ZnS QDs (640 nm) | 1.6 than Ag layer, 1.35 than periodic material | ref.97 (2014)
| Aperiodic Ag(20 nm, 8 layers)/SiO2(80 nm, 8 layers) in Tue-Morse (TM) sequence
| Colloidal CdSe/ZnS QDs (640 nm) | 1.45 than glass substrate | ref.98 (2019)
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Table 1. Summary of photoluminescence enhancement by multilayer HMM structures. Unless noted, emitters are located on the top surface of HMM structures and the works are experimental.
HMM structures and materials | Emitters (emission peak wavelength) | Enhancement factor | References (year) | Ag nanowires, 35 nm diameter, 15% volume fraction in Al2O3 host
| IR-140 laser dye (892 nm) | 6-fold reduction of lifetime | ref.102 (2010)
| Au nanorods, 38 nm diameter, 150 nm height, and 80 nm pitch. | LD700 dye (700 nm) | 50 | ref.103 (2017)
| Au nanorods, 40 and 25 nm diameter, 250 nm height, and surface densities of 35% and 14% | PVA embedded with R101 dye
(606 nm)
| 4.6 | ref.108 (2017)
| Silver nanowire-alumina HMM (filling fractions f=0.15 and 0.2)
| CdSe QDs of diameters 5 nm and 6.5 nm (580 and 670 nm) | 2−3 for thef = 0.15 against
f = 0.2
| ref.109 (2017)
| Au nanorod, 50 nm diameter, 100 nm pitch, and 250 nm height | D1 (fluorescein, 514 nm), D2 (Alexa 514, 550 nm), D3 (ATTO 550, 575 nm) and D4 (ATTO 647N, 670 nm) | 30 | ref.104 (2017)
| Au nanorod, 50 nm diameter, 260 nm height, 100 nm inter-rod spacing | ATTO 550 and ATTO 647N dyes (554 nm) | 13 FRET rate | ref.105 (2018)
| Au nanorod, 50 nm diameter, 250 nm height, 100 nm inter-rod spacing | Ruthnium-based phosphorescent complex (Ru(dpp), 620 nm) | 2750 (Theory) | ref.107 (2019)
| Au nanorod (60 nm diameter and 110, 160, and 240 nm lengths), nanocone (cone base ~40–60 nm, cone apex < 2 nm), nanopenscil (60 nm base diameter and 10 nm at the top) | None | 40, 60 at 596 nm, and 105 at 660 nm of the field enhancement | ref.106 (2019)
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Table 2. Summary of photoluminescence enhancement by plasmonic nanowire HMM structures. Unless noted, emitters are located on the top surface of HMM structures and the works are experimental.
HMM structures and materials | Emitters (emission peak wavelength) | Enhancement factor | References (year) | 1D grating (P=200 nm) on Ag(9 nm)/Si (10 nm), 15 period
| R6G dye (600 nm) | 80 | ref.110 (2014)
| 1D grating (P=300 nm) on Ag(12 nm)/SiO2(83 nm), 4 period
| CdSe/ZnS QDs
(570–680 nm)
| 6 | ref.112 (2017)
| 1D grating (P=200 nm) on Ag(10 nm, 10 layer)/
Si(10 nm, 11 layers)
| Dipole emitters (582 nm) | 120 (Theory) | ref.111 (2018)
| Square lattice grating (P=500 nm) on Ag(12 nm)/Al2O3(23 nm),
6 period
| Coumarin 500 (510 nm) | 18 | ref.113 (2014)
| Dye molecules embedded grating-coupled HMM (GC-DEHMM) (P=500 nm and hole radius 100 nm) on
Ag(12 nm)/SiO2(5 nm)/dye-dissolved PMMA(15 nm)
| DCM dye (580 nm) | 35 for the GC-DEHMM, 17 GC-DEHMM with respect to the DEHMM | ref.119 (2016)
| Hypercrystal, hexagonal lattice grating (P=280 nm and hole radius 100 nm) on Ag(20 nm)/Al2O3(20 nm)
| MoS2 (660 nm) WS2(620 nm)
| 56 times enhancement for WS2, 60 times for MoS2 | ref.120 (2016)
| Hypercrystal, hexagonal lattice grating (P=280–300 nm) on Ag(15 nm)/Al2O3(15 nm) multilayer, 7 period
| CdSe/ZnS QDs (630 nm) | 20 times | ref.114 (2017)
| Bullseye grating (P=400 nm) on multilayer HMM Ag
(10 nm)/TiO2(30 nm), 4.5 period
| Emitter (800 nm) | 6 far-field Purcel factor (Theory) | ref.121 (2013)
| Bullseye grating (P=250–600 nm) on Ag(12 nm)/Al2O3(20 nm) multilayer
| CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (630 nm) | 20 | ref.122 (2015)
| Si bullseye grating (P=600 nm) on Au nanowire (44 nm pitch) in PMMA HMM (100 nm thickness)
| Dye (850 nm) | 18 (Theory) | ref.123 (2019)
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Table 3. Summary of photoluminescence enhancement by grating out-coupler on HMM structures. Unless noted, emitters are located on the top surface of HMM structures and the works are experimental. Here P is the pitch or lattice constant of the grating out-coupler.