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Fibre-integrated phase-change metasurfaces with switchable group delay dispersion

Fibre-integrated phase-change metasurfaces with switchable group delay dispersion
Fibre-integrated phase-change metasurfaces with switchable group delay dispersion

Demonstration of a fiber-integrated non-volatile reconfigurable metasurface providing high-contrast group delay dispersion switching functionality is reported, which may be engineered to operate at wavelengths across the near-infrared (telecoms) band. Light-induced amorphous-crystalline phase switching in a chalcogenide (germanium antimony telluride) metasurface, only a fraction of a wavelength thick, fabricated on the end-facet of a single-mode optical fiber, enables intensity and phase modulation of the guided wave at metasurface designated bands. Such devices present a range of opportunities in fiberized remotely programmable phase/intensity multiplexing and dynamic dispersion compensation for emerging telecommunications and data storage/processing applications, including in photonic neural network and neuromorphic computing architectures.

chalcogenides, group delay dispersion, metamaterials, non-volatile, optical fibers, phase change, reconfigurable
2195-1071
Martins, Tiago
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Cui, Yihao
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Gholipour, Behrad
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Frazão, O.
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MacDonald, Kevin F.
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Martins, Tiago
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Cui, Yihao
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Gholipour, Behrad
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Ou, Jun-Yu
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Frazão, O.
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MacDonald, Kevin F.
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Martins, Tiago, Cui, Yihao, Gholipour, Behrad, Ou, Jun-Yu, Frazão, O. and MacDonald, Kevin F. (2021) Fibre-integrated phase-change metasurfaces with switchable group delay dispersion. Advanced Optical Materials, 9 (21), [2100803]. (doi:10.1002/adom.202100803).

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Demonstration of a fiber-integrated non-volatile reconfigurable metasurface providing high-contrast group delay dispersion switching functionality is reported, which may be engineered to operate at wavelengths across the near-infrared (telecoms) band. Light-induced amorphous-crystalline phase switching in a chalcogenide (germanium antimony telluride) metasurface, only a fraction of a wavelength thick, fabricated on the end-facet of a single-mode optical fiber, enables intensity and phase modulation of the guided wave at metasurface designated bands. Such devices present a range of opportunities in fiberized remotely programmable phase/intensity multiplexing and dynamic dispersion compensation for emerging telecommunications and data storage/processing applications, including in photonic neural network and neuromorphic computing architectures.

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Accepted/In Press date: 13 July 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 August 2021
Published date: 4 November 2021
Additional Information: Funding Information: T.M. and Y.C. contributed equally to this work. The authors would like to thank Prof. Nikolay Zheludev for valuable discussions and input. This work was supported by the Canadian Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Alberta Innovates [No. 202102642], Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK [grant number EP/N00762X/1], and the Singapore Ministry of Education [MOE2016‐T3‐1‐006]. T.M. was partially supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia under the grant PD/BD/135 008/2017. Y.C. was supported by the Canadian NSERC and Alberta Innovates [NSERC RGPIN‐2019‐03952].
Keywords: chalcogenides, group delay dispersion, metamaterials, non-volatile, optical fibers, phase change, reconfigurable

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Local EPrints ID: 450977
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/450977
ISSN: 2195-1071
PURE UUID: e1027b18-349f-4849-a3ea-db26b25098b3
ORCID for Jun-Yu Ou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8028-6130
ORCID for Kevin F. MacDonald: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-2976

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Date deposited: 31 Aug 2021 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 06:41

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Author: Tiago Martins
Author: Yihao Cui
Author: Behrad Gholipour
Author: Jun-Yu Ou ORCID iD
Author: O. Frazão
Author: Kevin F. MacDonald ORCID iD

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