Title |
A Photonic Switch Based on a Hybrid Combination of Metallic Nanoholes and Phase-change Vanadium Dioxide
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Published in |
Scientific Reports, July 2018
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DOI | 10.1038/s41598-018-29476-6 |
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Authors |
Miao Sun, Mohammad Taha, Sumeet Walia, Madhu Bhaskaran, Sharath Sriram, William Shieh, Ranjith Rajasekharan Unnithan |
Abstract |
A photonic switch is an integral part of optical telecommunication systems. A plasmonic bandpass filter integrated with materials exhibiting phase transition can be used as a thermally reconfigurable optical switch. This paper presents the design and demonstration of a broadband photonic switch based on an aluminium nanohole array on quartz utilising the semiconductor-to-metal phase transition of vanadium dioxide. The fabricated switch shows an operating range over 650 nm around the optical communication C, L, and U band with maximum 20%, 23% and 26% transmission difference in switching in the C band, L band, and U band, respectively. The extinction ratio is around 5 dB in the entire operation range. This architecture is a precursor for developing micron-size photonic switches and ultra-compact modulators for thin film photonics. |
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