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Chalcogenide glass photonics: non-volatile bi-directional all-optical switching in phase-change metamaterials

B.Gholipour1, J.Zhang1, F.Al-Saab1, K.F.MacDonald1, B.E.Hayden2, D.W.Hewak1, and N.I.Zheludev1

1. Optoelectronics Research Centre and Centre for Photonic Metamaterials, University of Southampton, UK
2. School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK

Abstract

Non-volatile, bi-directional, all-optical switching in a phase-change metamaterial delivers high-contrast transmission and reflection modulation at visible and infrared wavelengths in device structures only ~1/8 of a wavelength thick.


CLEO/QELS 2012 San Jose 6-11 May (2012)

 

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