Electrically-programmable optical devices with phase change materials

Jeong-Sun Moon; Hwa-chang Seo; K. Kay Son; Kangmu Lee; Adour Kabakian; Rick Kremer

doi:10.1117/12.2559506

23 April 2020 Electrically-programmable optical devices with phase change materials

Jeong-Sun Moon, Hwa-chang Seo, K. Kay Son, Kangmu Lee, Adour Kabakian, Rick Kremer

Proceedings Volume 11389, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XII; 113890S (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559506
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Abstract

Phase change materials (PCM) provide unique optical characteristics, such as a dramatic change in optical refractive index <1, not obtainable from conventional semiconductor optical materials such as Si and InP. Thus, PCMs are being explored to program and reconfigure optical devices to adapt to the sensing needs per the environment. Also, the nonvolatile nature of PCM devices offers system integration without disturbing the sensing. An example of a PCM-based optical device can be a spatial light modulator (SLM) that enables a coded aperture imaging technique to extract spectral signature for remote detection and identification without platform motion. SLMs offer a way to carry out spectral imaging with reconfigurability, which allows signature detection against a spectrally cluttered background. Here, we report on a new solid-state optical modulator device with a SbTe PCM operating in the infrared range and at cryogenic temperatures with excellent switching cycle reliability for the programming of PCM-based optical devices.

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Jeong-Sun Moon, Hwa-chang Seo, K. Kay Son, Kangmu Lee, Adour Kabakian, and Rick Kremer "Electrically-programmable optical devices with phase change materials", Proc. SPIE 11389, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XII, 113890S (23 April 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559506

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