Issue 2, 2022

Coupling of molecular vibration and metasurface modes for efficient mid-infrared emission

Abstract

We demonstrate extraordinarily spectrally selective narrowband mid-infrared radiation absorbance and thermal emittance with resonant peak FWHM ≤ 124 nm at λ = 5.73 μm, corresponding to a Q-factor of ∼92.3. This was achieved by harnessing mode coupling between a plasmonic metal–insulator–metal (MIM) metasurface and molecular vibrational mode resonances, with coupling efficiency ranging from η ∼ 3.9% to 6.6%. In addition, thermal radiation emissivity is in close accordance to the metamaterial absorbance spectrum, as described by Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, and furthermore, emission was not angle dependent, unlike that exhibited by grating-based emitters. The experimentally investigated MIM structures remained stable up to a 250 °C heating temperature. MIM metamaterials with strong and spectrally tailored vibrational coupling behaviors represent a new paradigm in photo-thermal energy conversion. The experimentally observed pronounced resonant coupling behaviour was well described by finite-difference time-domain simulations of the plasmonic structure, where molecular vibration contributions were modeled using the Lorenz oscillator approximation.

Graphical abstract: Coupling of molecular vibration and metasurface modes for efficient mid-infrared emission

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Sep 2021
Accepted
07 Dec 2021
First published
10 Dec 2021

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 451-462

Coupling of molecular vibration and metasurface modes for efficient mid-infrared emission

Y. Nishijima, S. Morimoto, A. Balčytis, T. Hashizume, R. Matsubara, A. Kubono, N. To, M. Ryu, J. Morikawa and S. Juodkazis, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 451 DOI: 10.1039/D1TC04519A

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