Plasmonic superlensing in doped GaAs

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Abstract

We demonstrate a semiconductor based broadband near-field superlens in the mid-infrared regime. Here, the Drude response of a highly doped n-GaAs layer induces a resonant enhancement of evanescent waves accompanied by a significantly improved spatial resolution at radiation wavelengths around λ = 20 μm, adjustable by changing the doping concentration. In our experiments, gold stripes below the GaAs superlens are imaged with a λ/6 subwavelength resolution by an apertureless near-field optical microscope utilizing infrared radiation from a free-electron laser. The resonant behavior of the observed superlensing effect is in excellent agreement with simulations based on the Drude-Lorentz model. Our results demonstrate a rather simple superlens implementation for infrared nanospectroscopy.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1057-1061
Number of pages5
JournalNano letters
Volume15
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 11 Feb 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/158768086

Keywords

Keywords

  • diffraction limit, near-field microscopy, semiconductor, Superlens, surface plasmons