Canalized Light Creates Directional and Switchable Surface Structures in Vanadium Dioxide
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| author | Kazenwadel, Daniel Neathery, Noel Baum, Peter |
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| contents | Materials with switchable nanostructured surfaces enable optical and electronic functionalities beyond those of natural materials. Here we report the creation of self-organized, re-writable, laser-induced surface structures in single-crystalline vanadium dioxide. We discover anisotropic features caused by canalized surface plasmon polaritons that can only propagate along one crystal axis. The nanostructures remain single-crystalline and preserve the raw material's metal-to-insulator transition, enabling femtosecond switching by temperature or light. |
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| spellingShingle | Canalized Light Creates Directional and Switchable Surface Structures in Vanadium Dioxide Kazenwadel, Daniel Neathery, Noel Baum, Peter Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Materials with switchable nanostructured surfaces enable optical and electronic functionalities beyond those of natural materials. Here we report the creation of self-organized, re-writable, laser-induced surface structures in single-crystalline vanadium dioxide. We discover anisotropic features caused by canalized surface plasmon polaritons that can only propagate along one crystal axis. The nanostructures remain single-crystalline and preserve the raw material's metal-to-insulator transition, enabling femtosecond switching by temperature or light. |
| title | Canalized Light Creates Directional and Switchable Surface Structures in Vanadium Dioxide |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14364 |