Optically tunable mie resonance VO2 nanoantennas for metasurfaces in the visible
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Journal Article
Abstract
Metasurfaces are ultrathin nanostructured surfaces that can allow arbitrary manipulation of light. Implementing dynamic tunability into their design could allow the optical functions of metasurfaces to be rapidly modified at will. The most pronounced and robust tunability of optical properties is provided by phase-change materials such as vanadium dioxide (VO2) and germanium antimony telluride (GST), but their implementations have been limited only to near-infrared wavelengths. Here, we demonstrate that VO2 nanoantennas with widely tunable Mie resonances can be utilized for designing tunable metasurfaces in the visible range. In contrast to the dielectric-metallic VO2 phase transition-induced tunability in previous demonstrations, we show that persisting dielectric Mie resonances in VO2 nanoantennas offer remarkable scattering and extinction modulation depths (5–8 dB and 1–3 dB, respectively) for tunability in the visible. Moreover, these strong resonances are optically switchable using a continuous-wave laser. Our results establish VO2 nanostructures as low-loss building blocks of optically tunable metasurfaces.
Date Issued
2021-04-21
Date Acceptance
2021-04-01
Citation
ACS Photonics, 2021, 8 (4), pp.1048-1057
ISSN
2330-4022
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
1048
End Page
1057
Journal / Book Title
ACS Photonics
Volume
8
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2021 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Photonics, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.1c00222
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
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Grant Number
EP/M013812/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Optics
Physics, Applied
Physics, Condensed Matter
Science & Technology - Other Topics
Materials Science
Physics
Mie resonance
nanoantenna
metasurface
tunability
visible
Huygens' sources
PHASE-TRANSITION
PLASMON RESONANCE
ENERGY-BANDS
TRANSMISSION
SCATTERING
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-04-12