Tailoring linear and nonlinear surface plasmon response in borophene nanostructure

A newly reported 2D material “borophene” provides a novel building block for nanoscale materials and devices. In this work, the linear and nonlinear plasmonic response of electric dipole moment in the metallic borophene is theoretically investigated. In our proposed model, the borophene nanostructure is deposited on the top of the dielectric layer sandwiched with the silver layer acting as a mirror. It was found that the scattering at the scattering peak originates mainly from the exciting total electric dipole. Our calculations demonstrated that scattering in the proposed model can be tuned well with carrier relaxation time, effective electron mass, and free carrier density. The strongly localized fundamental field induces the desired increase of second harmonic wave, which is discussed in detail by introducing the second-order nonlinear source. In addition, the evolution of the lifetime of linear and nonlinear plasmonic modes is also investigated which helps us to study the underlying mechanism of micro process in the borophene plasmonic-photonic interaction. The manipulation of plasmonic behavior and lifetime evolution makes the borophene an excellent platform for tunable plasmonic-photonic devices.