Widely Tunable Mid-Infrared Light Emission in Thin-Film Black Phosphorus

ORAL

Abstract

In this work, we report the widely tunable mid-infrared light emission from dual-gate hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)/Black Phosphorus (BP)/hBN heterostructure devices. The photoluminescence (PL) from a ~20-layer BP flake can be continuously tuned from 3.7 to 7.7 μm with a moderate displacement field of 0.48 V/nm, spanning 4 μm in mid-infrared. The PL emission remains perfectly linear-polarized regardless of the bias field due to the preservation of the optical transition rule. We further performed first-principles calculation to investigate the gate dependence of the band structure and optical conductivity in BP. Moreover, together with theoretical analysis we show that the radiative decay probably dominates over other nonradiative decay channels in the PL experiments. Our results reveal the great potential of thin-film BP in widely tunable, mid-infrared light emitting and lasing applications.

*We acknowledge the financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) EFRI-2DARE program (1542815). K.W. and T.T. acknowledge support from the Elemental Strategy Initiative conducted by the MEXT, Japan and the CREST (JPMJCR15F3), JST. X.L. acknowledges the financial support from the NSF CAREER program (DMR-1455346).

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Presenters

  • Chen Chen

    • Yale University

Authors

  • Chen Chen

    • Yale University

  • Xiaobo Lu

    • ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences
    • Washington University in St. Louis
    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • Bingchen Deng

    • Yale University
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University

  • Xiaolong Chen

    • Yale University
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University

  • Qiushi Guo

    • Yale University

  • Cheng Li

    • Yale University
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University

  • Chao Ma

    • Yale University
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University

  • Shaofan Yuan

    • Yale University
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University

  • Eric Sung

    • Yale University

  • Kenji Watanabe

    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
    • nims
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science, Japan
    • National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National institute for materials science
    • NIMS-Tsukuba
    • NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • NIRM
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • NIMS Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science (Japan)
    • Physics, NIMS
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS)
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS - Tsukuba

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    • National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS
    • nims
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science - Japan
    • NIMS Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
    • National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
    • National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science
    • National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS
    • National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • National institute for materials science
    • NIMS-Tsukuba
    • NIMS, Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
    • NIMS Japan
    • National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science
    • Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
    • National Institute for Material Science (Japan)
    • Physics, NIMS
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
    • National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan
    • NIMS - Tsukuba

  • Li Yang

    • Washington University in St. Louis
    • Washington University, St. Louis

  • Fengnian Xia

    • Yale University
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University