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Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 3, 263(2020)

Ultrafast polarization-dependent all-optical switching of germanium-based metaphotonic devices

Hao Sun1、†, Yuze Hu2、†, Yuhua Tang1、†, Jie You3, Junhu Zhou2, Hengzhu Liu1, and Xin Zheng3、*
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  • 1College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 3National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Academy of Military Sciences PLA China, Beijing 100071, China
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    [1] Hao Sun, Yuhua Tang, Yuze Hu, Jie You, Hengzhu Liu, Xin Zheng, "Active formatting modulation of electromagnetically induced transparency in metamaterials," Chin.Opt.Lett. 18, 092402 (2020)

    [2] Hao Sun, Jie Yang, Hengzhu Liu, Dan Wu, Xin Zheng, "Process-controllable modulation of plasmon-induced transparency in terahertz metamaterials," Chin.Opt.Lett. 19, 013602 (2021)

    [3] Hao Sun, Jianghua Zhang, Yuhua Tang, Hengzhu Liu, Jie Yang, Xin Zheng, "Ultrafast all-optical switching of dual-band plasmon-induced transparency in terahertz metamaterials," Chin.Opt.Lett. 20, 013701 (2022)

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    Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

    Received: Oct. 17, 2019

    Accepted: Dec. 18, 2019

    Published Online: Feb. 10, 2020

    The Author Email: Xin Zheng (zhengxin@nudt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.380446

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