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Ultrafast all-optical switching of germanium-based flexible metaphotonic devices

Ultrafast all-optical switching of germanium-based flexible metaphotonic devices
Ultrafast all-optical switching of germanium-based flexible metaphotonic devices
Incorporating semiconductors as active media into metamaterials offers opportunities for a wide range of dynamically switchable/tunable, technologically relevant optical functionalities enabled by strong, resonant light–matter interactions within the semiconductor. Here, a germanium-thin-film-based flexible metaphotonic device for ultrafast optical switching of terahertz radiation is experimentally demonstrated. A resonant transmission modulation depth of 90% is achieved, with an ultrafast full recovery time of 17 ps. An observed sub-picosecond decay constant of 670 fs is attributed to the presence of trap-assisted recombination sites in the thermally evaporated germanium film.
1521-4095
Lim, Wen-Xiang
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Manjappa, Manukumara
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Cong, Longqing
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Kumar, Abhishek
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Lim, Wen-Xiang, Manjappa, Manukumara, Srivastava, Yogesh Kumar, Cong, Longqing, Kumar, Abhishek, MacDonald, Kevin F. and Singh, Ranjan (2018) Ultrafast all-optical switching of germanium-based flexible metaphotonic devices. Advanced Materials, 30 (9), [1705331]. (doi:10.1002/adma.201705331).

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Incorporating semiconductors as active media into metamaterials offers opportunities for a wide range of dynamically switchable/tunable, technologically relevant optical functionalities enabled by strong, resonant light–matter interactions within the semiconductor. Here, a germanium-thin-film-based flexible metaphotonic device for ultrafast optical switching of terahertz radiation is experimentally demonstrated. A resonant transmission modulation depth of 90% is achieved, with an ultrafast full recovery time of 17 ps. An observed sub-picosecond decay constant of 670 fs is attributed to the presence of trap-assisted recombination sites in the thermally evaporated germanium film.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 October 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 January 2018
Published date: 1 March 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 415377
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/415377
ISSN: 1521-4095
PURE UUID: 9d81dc01-dbec-4738-8252-051519b4f5a5
ORCID for Kevin F. MacDonald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-2976

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Date deposited: 08 Nov 2017 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 05:52

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Author: Wen-Xiang Lim
Author: Manukumara Manjappa
Author: Yogesh Kumar Srivastava
Author: Longqing Cong
Author: Abhishek Kumar
Author: Kevin F. MacDonald ORCID iD
Author: Ranjan Singh

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