Non-volatile bi-directional all-optical switching in chalcogenide glass metamaterials
Non-volatile bi-directional all-optical switching in chalcogenide glass metamaterials
For the first time, we demonstrate a non-volatile bi-directional all-optical switching in a phase-change metamaterial. By engaging together the phase-change functionality of a chalcogenide glass and the resonant plasmonic properties of a nanostructured metamaterial we have achieved high-contrast optical modulation of transmission and reflection. Light-induced structural phase transitions in the glass component of hybrid structures provides for reversible switching of optical properties across large-scale metamaterial arrays.
Phase transitions are initiated uniformly across large (~2000 µm2) areas of the chalcogenide film by single-pulse laser excitation on the nanosecond timescale. Reversible switching in the 1-2 µm spectral range with a reflection contrast ratio exceeding 4:1 has been achieved at optical excitation levels of ~0.25 mW/µm2 in a gold metamaterial hybridized with germanium-antimony-telluride glass - a device structure only ~1/8 of a wavelength thick. Such metamaterials may be structurally engineered to provide switching functionality throughout the chalcogenide's visible to mid-infrared transparency range.
Gholipour, B.
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Zhang, J.
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MacDonald, K.F.
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Hewak, D.W.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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April 2012
Gholipour, B.
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Zhang, J.
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MacDonald, K.F.
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Hewak, D.W.
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Zheludev, N.I.
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Gholipour, B., Zhang, J., MacDonald, K.F., Hewak, D.W. and Zheludev, N.I.
(2012)
Non-volatile bi-directional all-optical switching in chalcogenide glass metamaterials.
SPIE Photonics Europe 2012, , Brussels, Belgium.
16 - 19 Apr 2012.
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For the first time, we demonstrate a non-volatile bi-directional all-optical switching in a phase-change metamaterial. By engaging together the phase-change functionality of a chalcogenide glass and the resonant plasmonic properties of a nanostructured metamaterial we have achieved high-contrast optical modulation of transmission and reflection. Light-induced structural phase transitions in the glass component of hybrid structures provides for reversible switching of optical properties across large-scale metamaterial arrays.
Phase transitions are initiated uniformly across large (~2000 µm2) areas of the chalcogenide film by single-pulse laser excitation on the nanosecond timescale. Reversible switching in the 1-2 µm spectral range with a reflection contrast ratio exceeding 4:1 has been achieved at optical excitation levels of ~0.25 mW/µm2 in a gold metamaterial hybridized with germanium-antimony-telluride glass - a device structure only ~1/8 of a wavelength thick. Such metamaterials may be structurally engineered to provide switching functionality throughout the chalcogenide's visible to mid-infrared transparency range.
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Published date: April 2012
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SPIE Photonics Europe 2012, , Brussels, Belgium, 2012-04-16 - 2012-04-19
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