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Wavelength-tunable Infrared Chiral Metasurfaces With Phase-change Materials
Optics Express
  • Haotian Tang
  • Liliana Stan
  • David A. Czaplewski
  • Xiaodong Yang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Jie Gao, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Optical phase-change materials exhibit tunable permittivity and switching properties during phase transition, which offers the possibility of dynamic control of optical devices. Here, a wavelength-tunable infrared chiral metasurface integrated with phase-change material GST-225 is demonstrated with the designed unit cell of parallelogram-shaped resonator. By varying the baking time at a temperature above the phase transition temperature of GST-225, the resonance wavelength of the chiral metasurface is tuned in the wavelength range of 2.33 µm to 2.58 µm, while the circular dichroism in absorption is maintained around 0.44. The chiroptical response of the designed metasurface is revealed by analyzing the electromagnetic field and displacement current distributions under left- and right-handed circularly polarized (LCP and RCP) light illumination. Moreover, the photothermal effect is simulated to investigate the large temperature difference in the chiral metasurface under LCP and RCP illumination, which allows for the possibility of circular polarization-controlled phase transition. The presented chiral metasurfaces with phase-change materials offer the potential to facilitate promising applications in the infrared regime, such as chiral thermal switching, infrared imaging, and tunable chiral photonics.

Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Comments
U.S. Department of Energy, Grant DE-AC02-06CH11357
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 Optica, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Publication Date
6-19-2023
Publication Date
19 Jun 2023
PubMed ID
37381219
Citation Information
Haotian Tang, Liliana Stan, David A. Czaplewski, Xiaodong Yang, et al.. "Wavelength-tunable Infrared Chiral Metasurfaces With Phase-change Materials" Optics Express Vol. 31 Iss. 13 (2023) p. 21118 - 21127 ISSN: 1094-4087
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xiaodong-yang/203/