VO2 nanophotonics

[EN] The intriguing physics of vanadium dioxide (VO2) makes it not only a fascinating object of study for fundamental research on solid-state physics but also an attractive means to actively modify the properties of integrated devices. In particular, the exceptionally large complex refractive index...

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Autores: Cueff, Sébastien, John, Jimmy, Zhang, Zhen, Sun, Jianing, Orobtchouk, Regis, Ramanathan, Shriram, Parra Gomez, Jorge|||0000-0003-4610-3411, Sanchis Kilders, Pablo|||0000-0003-2984-4218
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/210110
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/210110
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Nano optics
Optical devices
Metamaterials
Thin films
Plasmonics
Optical absorption
Condensed matter physics
Optical communications
Phase transition
Oscillators
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Sumario:[EN] The intriguing physics of vanadium dioxide (VO2) makes it not only a fascinating object of study for fundamental research on solid-state physics but also an attractive means to actively modify the properties of integrated devices. In particular, the exceptionally large complex refractive index variation produced by the insulator-to-metal transition of this material opens up interesting opportunities to dynamically tune optical systems. This Perspective reviews some of the exciting work done on VO2 for nanophotonics in the last decade and suggests promising directions to explore for this burgeoning field.