Exploiting the VO2 metal-insulator transition in nanoscale optical devices

Richard F. Haglund Jr.; Sharon M. Weiss

doi:10.1117/12.2589958

9 March 2021 Exploiting the VO₂ metal-insulator transition in nanoscale optical devices

Proceedings Volume 11694, Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures XI; 116941T (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2589958
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2021, Online Only

Abstract

The demonstration of a photo-induced insulator-to-metal transition in vanadium dioxide (VO₂) on a picosecond time scale in the mid-1990s foreeshadowed application of this photo-induced phase transition in silicon photonics devices. The talk introduces our current understanding of the phase-transition physics, but focuses on our recent demonstrations of sub-picosecond switching of cw and ultrafast signal pulses in silicon and silicon nitride waveguides. Direct in-line modulation of signal pulses achieves only modest contrast ratios. However, similar switching strategies deploying VO₂ on resonant structures promise substantially higher contrast with smaller switching energies in silicon photonic structures with micron-scale form factors.

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Richard F. Haglund Jr. and Sharon M. Weiss "Exploiting the VO₂ metal-insulator transition in nanoscale optical devices", Proc. SPIE 11694, Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures XI, 116941T (9 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2589958

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