Electrically reconfigurable nonvolatile transmissive metasurface in visible
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| author | Tara, Virat Audhkhasi, Romil Tang, Andrew Chen, Rui Fröch, Johannes E. Kala, Abhinav Hu, Juejun Majumdar, Arka |
| author_facet | Tara, Virat Audhkhasi, Romil Tang, Andrew Chen, Rui Fröch, Johannes E. Kala, Abhinav Hu, Juejun Majumdar, Arka |
| contents | The synergy between metasurfaces and non-volatile phase change materials (PCMs) has created many reconfigurable photonic devices for applications in optical memory, optical computing and optical communications. But these advances have been limited to the infrared wavelengths due to the high loss of PCMs in the visible regime. Here we demonstrate a nonvolatile visible metasurface that is electrically reconfigurable using wide bandgap PCM Sb2S3. Our device supports a resonant mode at 610 nm, a wavelength largely under-explored for PCM-based metasurfaces. By incorporating only a 20 nm thick layer of Sb2S3, we experimentally demonstrate a resonance tuning range of 16 nm. Reversible switching of the metasurface is accomplished in situ using a carefully engineered, ultrathin doped silicon micro-heater. Our work paves the way for integrating PCMs into visible-frequency systems, particularly for human-centric applications such as augmented and virtual reality displays. |
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| spellingShingle | Electrically reconfigurable nonvolatile transmissive metasurface in visible Tara, Virat Audhkhasi, Romil Tang, Andrew Chen, Rui Fröch, Johannes E. Kala, Abhinav Hu, Juejun Majumdar, Arka Optics The synergy between metasurfaces and non-volatile phase change materials (PCMs) has created many reconfigurable photonic devices for applications in optical memory, optical computing and optical communications. But these advances have been limited to the infrared wavelengths due to the high loss of PCMs in the visible regime. Here we demonstrate a nonvolatile visible metasurface that is electrically reconfigurable using wide bandgap PCM Sb2S3. Our device supports a resonant mode at 610 nm, a wavelength largely under-explored for PCM-based metasurfaces. By incorporating only a 20 nm thick layer of Sb2S3, we experimentally demonstrate a resonance tuning range of 16 nm. Reversible switching of the metasurface is accomplished in situ using a carefully engineered, ultrathin doped silicon micro-heater. Our work paves the way for integrating PCMs into visible-frequency systems, particularly for human-centric applications such as augmented and virtual reality displays. |
| title | Electrically reconfigurable nonvolatile transmissive metasurface in visible |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02748 |