All-optical tuning of EIT-like dielectric metasurfaces by means of chalcogenide phase change materials

E Petronijevic, C Sibilia - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
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Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a pump-induced narrowband
transparency window within an absorption line of the probe beam spectrum in an atomic
system. In this paper we propose a way to bring together the all-dielectric metamaterials to
have EIT-like effects and to optically tune the response by hybridizing them with a layer of a
phase change material. We propose a design of the metamaterial based on Si
nanoresonators that can support an EIT-like resonant response. On the top of the resonators …
Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) is a pump-induced narrowband transparency window within an absorption line of the probe beam spectrum in an atomic system. In this paper we propose a way to bring together the all-dielectric metamaterials to have EIT-like effects and to optically tune the response by hybridizing them with a layer of a phase change material. We propose a design of the metamaterial based on Si nanoresonators that can support an EIT-like resonant response. On the top of the resonators we consider a thin layer of a chalcogenide phase change material, which we will use to tune the optical response. Our choice is Ge_2Sb_2Te_5 (GST), since it has two stable phases at room temperature, namely amorphous and crystalline, between which it can be switched quickly, nonvolatively and reversibly, sustaining a large number of switching cycles. They differ in optical properties, while still having moderately low losses in telecom range. Since such dielectric resonators do not have non-radiative losses of metals around 1550nm, they can lead to a high-Q factor of the EIT-like response in this range. Firstly, we optimize the starting structure so that it gives an EIT-like response at 1550 nm when the GST layer is in the amorphous state. Our starting design uses glass as a substrate, but we also consider implementation in SOI technology. If we then switch the thin layer of GST to its crystalline phase, which has higher losses, the EIT-like response is red shifted, providing around 10:1 contrast at 1550nm. This reversible tuning can be done with an ns visible pulsed laser. We discuss the results of the simulation of the dielectric metasurface for different configurations and the tuning possibility.
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