An all-optical, non-volatile, bidirectional, phase-change meta-switch

Non-volatile, bidirectional, all-optical switching in a phase-change metamaterial delivers high-contrast transmission and reflection modulation at near- to mid-infrared wavelengths in device structures down to ≈1/27 of a wavelength thick.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gholipour, Behrad, Zhang, Jianfa, MacDonald, Kevin F., Hewak, Daniel W., Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98677
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17424
Description
Summary:Non-volatile, bidirectional, all-optical switching in a phase-change metamaterial delivers high-contrast transmission and reflection modulation at near- to mid-infrared wavelengths in device structures down to ≈1/27 of a wavelength thick.