Reconfigurable and nonvolatile terahertz lithography-free photonic devices based on phase change films

Xieyu Chen; Shoujun Zhang; Kuan Liu; Yuehong Xu; Xiaohan Jiang; Haiyang Li; Xi Feng; Qingwei Wang; Yongchang Lu; Kemeng Wang; Tun Cao; Zhen Tian

doi:10.1364/PRJ.478103

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 4, 669(2023)

Reconfigurable and nonvolatile terahertz lithography-free photonic devices based on phase change films

Xieyu Chen¹, Shoujun Zhang¹, Kuan Liu², Yuehong Xu¹, Xiaohan Jiang¹, Haiyang Li², Xi Feng¹, Qingwei Wang¹, Yongchang Lu¹, Kemeng Wang¹, Tun Cao^2,4, and Zhen Tian^1,3、*

Author Affiliations

¹Center for Terahertz Waves and College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology (Ministry of Education of China), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China

²School of Optoelectronic Engineering and Instrumentation Science, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China

³Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute (GTSI), Tianjin University, Shenzhen 518067, China

⁴e-mail: caotun1806@dlut.edu.cn

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Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: Oct. 13, 2022

Accepted: Feb. 16, 2023

Published Online: Apr. 3, 2023

The Author Email: Zhen Tian (tianzhen@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.478103

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