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Switching metamaterials with electronic signals and electron-beam excitations

Switching metamaterials with electronic signals and electron-beam excitations
Switching metamaterials with electronic signals and electron-beam excitations
We demonstrate that the material technology behind rewritable optical disks offers a new switching paradigm for metamaterials. Non-volatile optical switching devices are achieved through the hybridization of planar metamaterials with functional chalcogenide glass. We show experimentally that this phase-change medium can be switched in a hybrid metamaterial structure between amorphous and crystalline states by application of short electrical pulses or by stimulation with a focused electron beam.

We have achieved a significant shift in the resonant transmission spectrum of metamaterials based on metallic nanostructures that support plasmonic dark-mode resonances, hybridized with nanoscale layers of the chalcogenide gallium lanthanum sulphide. The transition between amorphous and crystalline forms brings about a 120 nm shift in the near-infrared resonance wavelength of the hybrid structure, providing transmission modulation functionality with a contrast ratio of 4:1 in a device of sub-wavelength thickness.
Sámson, Z.L.
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Adamo, G.
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MacDonald, K.F.
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Knight, K.
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De Angelis, F.
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Nikolaenko, A.
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Huang, C.C.
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Di Fabrizio, E.
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Hewak, D.W.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Sámson, Z.L.
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Adamo, G.
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MacDonald, K.F.
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Knight, K.
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De Angelis, F.
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Nikolaenko, A.
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Huang, C.C.
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Di Fabrizio, E.
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Hewak, D.W.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Sámson, Z.L., Adamo, G., MacDonald, K.F., Knight, K., De Angelis, F., Nikolaenko, A., Huang, C.C., Di Fabrizio, E., Hewak, D.W. and Zheludev, N.I. (2010) Switching metamaterials with electronic signals and electron-beam excitations. SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium. 11 - 15 Apr 2010.

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Abstract

We demonstrate that the material technology behind rewritable optical disks offers a new switching paradigm for metamaterials. Non-volatile optical switching devices are achieved through the hybridization of planar metamaterials with functional chalcogenide glass. We show experimentally that this phase-change medium can be switched in a hybrid metamaterial structure between amorphous and crystalline states by application of short electrical pulses or by stimulation with a focused electron beam.

We have achieved a significant shift in the resonant transmission spectrum of metamaterials based on metallic nanostructures that support plasmonic dark-mode resonances, hybridized with nanoscale layers of the chalcogenide gallium lanthanum sulphide. The transition between amorphous and crystalline forms brings about a 120 nm shift in the near-infrared resonance wavelength of the hybrid structure, providing transmission modulation functionality with a contrast ratio of 4:1 in a device of sub-wavelength thickness.

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Published date: April 2010
Venue - Dates: SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, 2010-04-11 - 2010-04-15

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Local EPrints ID: 148973
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/148973
PURE UUID: 2160adea-1299-4e98-a60d-4f377627528a
ORCID for K.F. MacDonald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-2976
ORCID for C.C. Huang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-2463
ORCID for D.W. Hewak: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2093-5773
ORCID for N.I. Zheludev: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1013-6636

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Date deposited: 29 Apr 2010 12:42
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 04:05

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Author: Z.L. Sámson
Author: G. Adamo
Author: K.F. MacDonald ORCID iD
Author: K. Knight
Author: F. De Angelis
Author: A. Nikolaenko
Author: C.C. Huang ORCID iD
Author: E. Di Fabrizio
Author: D.W. Hewak ORCID iD
Author: N.I. Zheludev ORCID iD

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