Phase-change and optomechanical functionalities in photonic metamaterials
Phase-change and optomechanical functionalities in photonic metamaterials
Switchable and nonlinear metamaterials, with properties surpassing those of natural media, will underpin the next stage of the photonic technological revolution, providing a functional platform for nanoscale ‘meta-devices’. We report here on recent advances in the development of versatile, planar photonic metamaterial solutions to provide a new generation of nanoscale optical switching and memory devices:
We demonstrate that optically-induced phase transitions in germanium antimony telluride (GST) – a member of the chalcogenide alloy family upon which re-writable optical disc and phase-change RAM technologies are based - provide for the engineering of non-volatile metamaterial transmission/reflection modulators for the near- to mid-infrared range with thicknesses down to 1/27 of the operating wavelength.
And we introduce all-dielectric optomechanical metamaterials, wherein optical forces drive changes in structural configuration, as a new paradigm (inherently free of Joule losses) for achieving strong optical nonlinearity, optical bistability and asymmetric transmission at intensity levels of only a few hundred µW/µm2.
MacDonald, K.F.
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Zhang, Jianfa
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Gholipour, B.
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Maddock, Jonathan
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Hewak, D.W.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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MacDonald, K.F.
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Zhang, Jianfa
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Gholipour, B.
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Maddock, Jonathan
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Hewak, D.W.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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MacDonald, K.F., Zhang, Jianfa, Gholipour, B., Maddock, Jonathan, Hewak, D.W. and Zheludev, N.I.
(2013)
Phase-change and optomechanical functionalities in photonic metamaterials.
E-MRS '13 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, , Strasbourg, France.
27 - 31 May 2013.
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Abstract
Switchable and nonlinear metamaterials, with properties surpassing those of natural media, will underpin the next stage of the photonic technological revolution, providing a functional platform for nanoscale ‘meta-devices’. We report here on recent advances in the development of versatile, planar photonic metamaterial solutions to provide a new generation of nanoscale optical switching and memory devices:
We demonstrate that optically-induced phase transitions in germanium antimony telluride (GST) – a member of the chalcogenide alloy family upon which re-writable optical disc and phase-change RAM technologies are based - provide for the engineering of non-volatile metamaterial transmission/reflection modulators for the near- to mid-infrared range with thicknesses down to 1/27 of the operating wavelength.
And we introduce all-dielectric optomechanical metamaterials, wherein optical forces drive changes in structural configuration, as a new paradigm (inherently free of Joule losses) for achieving strong optical nonlinearity, optical bistability and asymmetric transmission at intensity levels of only a few hundred µW/µm2.
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E-MRS '13 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, , Strasbourg, France, 2013-05-27 - 2013-05-31
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