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Reversed Hyperbolic Plasmonic Responses in Phosphorene Under Uniaxial Strain

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In this paper, hyperbolic plasmonic responses of phosphorene under uniaxial strains have been explored within density functional theory. In the hyperbolic regime, plasmonic slab waveguide modes are found only along armchair direction. Then, uniaxial strains up to 10% have been applied along zigzag and armchair directions, which can significantly modify its plasmonic responses. Under appropriate strain, the signs of permittivities along two in-plane directions can be even reversed, causing switching of the propagating direction of the plasmonic modes into zigzag direction. Our investigations may give a general idea about how to control the hyperbolic plasmonic modes in phosphorene via strain.

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We thank Dr. C. Q. Shao for the use of their computer cluster.

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This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61805062).

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    Yu Zhou, Zhuohang Zhong, Mingyue Dai & Chunqiang Shao

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. DFT and COMSOL calculations were performed by Yu Zhou. COMSOL environment was set up by Zhuohang Zhong. Data collection and analysis were performed by Mingyue Dai. Dr. Chunqiang Shao provided the DELL workstations and technical assistance during the DFT calculations. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Yu Zhou.

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Zhou, Y., Zhong, Z., Dai, M. et al. Reversed Hyperbolic Plasmonic Responses in Phosphorene Under Uniaxial Strain. Plasmonics 16, 1119–1126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01368-4

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