The latest achievements in the fabrication of black phosphorus thin layers, towards the technological breakthrough of a phosphorene atomically thin layer, are paving the way for a their employment in electronics, optics, and optoelectronics. In this work, we have simulated the optical properties of one-dimensional photonic structures, i.e. photonic crystals and microcavities, in which few-layer black phosphorus is one of the components. The insertion of the 5 nm black phosphorous layers leads to a photonic band gap in the photonic crystals and a cavity mode in the microcavity interesting for light manipulation and emission enhancement.
@article{arxiv.1606.07482,
title = {Black Phosphorus based One-dimensional Photonic Crystals and Microcavities},
author = {I. Kriegel and S. Toffanin and F. Scotognella},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.07482},
year = {2016}
}