Fundamental limits for transmission modulation in VO<sub>2</sub> metasurfaces

Bohan Li; Rocio Camacho-Morales; Neuton Li; Andrea Tognazzi; Marco Gandolfi; Domenico de Ceglia; Costantino De Angelis; Andrey A. Sukhorukov; Dragomir N. Neshev

doi:10.1364/PRJ.474328

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 1, B40(2023)

Fundamental limits for transmission modulation in VO₂ metasurfaces Editors' Pick

Bohan Li¹, Rocio Camacho-Morales¹, Neuton Li¹, Andrea Tognazzi^2,3, Marco Gandolfi^3,4, Domenico de Ceglia^3,4, Costantino De Angelis^3,4, Andrey A. Sukhorukov¹, and Dragomir N. Neshev^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS), Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

²Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo 90128, Italy

³Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Brescia 25123, Italy

⁴Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Brescia 25123, Italy

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Bohan Li, Rocio Camacho-Morales, Neuton Li, Andrea Tognazzi, Marco Gandolfi, Domenico de Ceglia, Costantino De Angelis, Andrey A. Sukhorukov, Dragomir N. Neshev. Fundamental limits for transmission modulation in VO₂ metasurfaces[J]. Photonics Research, 2023, 11(1): B40

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Special Issue: OPTICAL METASURFACES: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS

Received: Sep. 28, 2022

Accepted: Nov. 13, 2022

Published Online: Dec. 27, 2022

The Author Email: Dragomir N. Neshev (dragomir.neshev@anu.edu.au)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.474328

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