{"title":"Optical anisotropy in laterally aligned W6Te6 nanowire bundles","authors":"Ryusuke Natsui, Nguyen Tuan Hung, Desman Perdamaian Gulo, Keana Rylie Pasoquen, Muhammad Shoufie Ukhtary, Hsiang-Lin Liu, Riichiro Saito, Yasumitsu Miyata","doi":"10.1063/5.0290512","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We report optical anisotropy in laterally aligned bundles of metallic W6Te6 nanowires, grown on a-plane sapphire substrates by chemical vapor deposition. Mueller-matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry reveals strong directional dependence in absorption (dichroism) and refraction (birefringence) along and across the nanowire axis. These experimental observations are qualitatively supported by first-principles calculations and consideration of depolarization effects. Our findings establish W6Te6 as a model system for studying light–matter interactions in anisotropic metallic nanostructures and demonstrate its potential for polarization-sensitive photonic and optoelectronic applications.","PeriodicalId":8094,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics Letters","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Physics Letters","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0290512","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report optical anisotropy in laterally aligned bundles of metallic W6Te6 nanowires, grown on a-plane sapphire substrates by chemical vapor deposition. Mueller-matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry reveals strong directional dependence in absorption (dichroism) and refraction (birefringence) along and across the nanowire axis. These experimental observations are qualitatively supported by first-principles calculations and consideration of depolarization effects. Our findings establish W6Te6 as a model system for studying light–matter interactions in anisotropic metallic nanostructures and demonstrate its potential for polarization-sensitive photonic and optoelectronic applications.
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