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Wedge Dyakonov Waves and Dyakonov Plasmons in Topological Insulator Bi2Se3 Probed by Electron Beams

Talebi, Nahid
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Ozsoy-Keskinbora, Cigdem
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Benia, Hadj M.
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2016
ACS Nano

Bi2Se3 has recently attracted a lot of attention because it has been reported to be a platform for the realization of three-dimensional topological insulators. Due to this exotic characteristic, it supports excitations of a two-dimensional electron gas at the surface and, hence, formation of Dirac-plasmons. In addition, at higher energies above its bandgap, Bi2Se3 is characterized by a naturally hyperbolic electromagnetic response, with an interesting interplay between type-I and type-II hyperbolic behaviors. However, still not all the optical modes of Bi2Se3 have been explored. Here, using mainly electron energy-loss spectroscopy and corresponding theoretical modeling we investigate the full photonic density of states that Bi2Se3 sustains, in the energy range of 0.8 eV-5 eV. We show that at energies below 1 eV, this material can also support wedge Dyakonov waves. Furthermore, at higher energies a huge photonic density of states is excited in structures such as waveguides and resonators made of Bi2Se3 due to the hyperbolic dispersion.

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DOI
10.1021/acsnano.6b02968
Web of Science ID

WOS:000380576600065

Author(s)
Talebi, Nahid
Ozsoy-Keskinbora, Cigdem
Benia, Hadj M.
Kern, Klaus  
Koch, Christoph T.
Van Aken, Peter A.
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
ACS Nano
Volume

10

Issue

7

Start page

6988

End page

6994

Subjects

plasmon

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Dyakonov-Tamm wave

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hyperbolic

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electron energy-loss spectroscopy

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REVIEWED

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OTHER

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October 18, 2016
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