Saturable time-varying mirror based on an epsilon-near-zero material
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Journal Article
Abstract
We report a switchable time-varying mirror, composed of an indium-tin-oxide–gold bilayer, displaying a tenfold modulation of reflectivity (ΔR≈0.6), which saturates for a driving-pump intensity Ipump≈100GW/cm2. Upon interacting with the saturated time-varying mirror, the frequency content of a reflected pulse is extended up to 31 THz, well beyond the pump spectral content (2.8 THz). We interpret the spectral broadening as a progressive shortening of the mirror rise time from 110 fs to below 30 fs with increasing pump power, which is confirmed by four-wave-mixing experiments and partially captured by a linear time-varying model of the mirror. A temporal response unbounded by the pump bandwidth enables applications for spectral manipulation from time-varying systems with impact for communication networks, optical switching, and computing.
Date Issued
2022-11-21
Date Acceptance
2022-10-11
Citation
Physical Review Applied, 2022, 18 (5)
ISSN
2331-7019
Publisher
American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Applied
Volume
18
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2022 American Physical Society.
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 054067