Title :
Adaptive photonic meta-surfaces exploiting interfacial phase change in elemental gallium
Author :
Waters, R.F. ; MacDonald, K.F. ; Hobson, P.A. ; Zheludev, Nikolay I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Surface-driven metallization in a nanoscale layer of elemental gallium forming the backplane of a photonic metamaterial absorber provides a mechanism for reversible all-optical and thermo-optical tuning of resonant response.
Keywords :
adaptive optics; gallium; metallisation; nanophotonics; optical metamaterials; optical tuning; thermo-optical effects; Ga; adaptive photonic metasurfaces; all-optical tuning; elemental gallium; interfacial phase change; photonic metamaterial absorber; surface-driven metallization; thermo-optical tuning; Gallium; Liquids; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
