Author:
Gjerde Jonathan,Jishi Radi A.
Abstract
Quasi-2D materials have received much attention in recent years for their unusual physical properties. Among the most investigated of these materials are the rare-earth tellurides, which are primarily studied because they exhibit charge density waves and other quantum phenomena and have a high degree of tunability. In this paper, we examine the optical and magnetic properties of several rare-earth tellurides and find that they are antiferromagnetic materials with hyperbolic dispersion. Hyperbolic materials have very promising applications in sub-diffraction-limit optics, nanolithography, and spontaneous emission engineering, but these applications are hampered by low-quality hyperbolic materials. Rare-earth tellurides may provide insight into solving these issues if their properties can be properly tuned using the large variety of techniques already explored in the literature.
Funder
National Science Foundation
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,General Chemical Engineering
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