Tuning and tailoring of the optical properties of transparent conducting oxides for dynamic nanophotonic applications

Soham Saha; Michael G. Wood; Benjamin T. Diroll; Aveek Dutta; Clayton T. DeVault; Joshua Shank; Salvatore Campione; Ting Shan S. Luk; Richard D. Schaller; Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev; Sarah N. Chowdhury; Xiaohui Xu; Alexander V. Kildishev; Vladimir M. Shalaev; Alexandra Boltasseva

doi:10.1117/12.2582479

5 March 2021 Tuning and tailoring of the optical properties of transparent conducting oxides for dynamic nanophotonic applications

Soham Saha, Michael G. Wood, Benjamin T. Diroll, Aveek Dutta, Clayton T. DeVault, Joshua Shank, Salvatore Campione, Ting Shan S. Luk, Richard D. Schaller, Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev, Sarah N. Chowdhury, Xiaohui Xu, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Alexandra Boltasseva

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Proceedings Volume 11684, Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXV; 116840U (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582479
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Controlling the permittivity of materials enables control over the amplitude, phase and polarization of light interacting with them. Tailorable and tunable transparent conducting oxides have applications in optical switching, beam steering, imaging, sensing, and spectroscopy. In this work, we experimentally demonstrate wide tailoring and tuning of the optical properties of oxides to achieve fast switching with large modulation depths. In cadmium oxide, the permittivity and the epsilon-near-zero points can be tailored via yttrium doping to achieve large, ENZ-enhanced mid-IR reflectance modulation. In zinc oxide, the permittivity is tuned by interband pumping, achieving large reflectance modulation in the telecom regime. With aluminum-doped zinc oxide, we demonstrate tailorable Berreman-type absorbers that can achieve ultrafast switching in the telecom frequencies. Our work will pave the way to practical optical switching spanning the telecom to the mid-infrared wavelength regimes.

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Soham Saha, Michael G. Wood, Benjamin T. Diroll, Aveek Dutta, Clayton T. DeVault, Joshua Shank, Salvatore Campione, Ting Shan S. Luk, Richard D. Schaller, Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev, Sarah N. Chowdhury, Xiaohui Xu, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev, and Alexandra Boltasseva "Tuning and tailoring of the optical properties of transparent conducting oxides for dynamic nanophotonic applications", Proc. SPIE 11684, Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXV, 116840U (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2582479

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