Reconfigurable nanophotonic cavities with nonvolatile response

The use of phase-change materials on waveguide photonics is presently being purported for a range of applications from on-chip photonic data storage to new computing paradigms. Photonic integrated circuits in combination with phase-change materials provide on-chip control handles, featuring nonvolat...

Verfasser: von Keitz, Jan
Feldmann, Johannes
Gruhler, Nico
Ríos, Carlos
Wright, David
Bhaskaran, Harish
Pernice, Wolfram
Dokumenttypen:Artikel
Medientypen:Text
Erscheinungsdatum:2018
Publikation in MIAMI:28.03.2019
Datum der letzten Änderung:11.01.2023
Angaben zur Ausgabe:[Electronic ed.]
Quelle:ACS Photonics 5 (2018) 11, 4644−4649
Schlagwörter:photonic crystal cavity; phase-change materials; integrated optics
Fachgebiet (DDC):530: Physik
Lizenz:CC BY-SA 4.0
Sprache:English
Format:PDF-Dokument
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-75149397673
Weitere Identifikatoren:DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.8b01127
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-75149397673
Onlinezugriff:artikel_pernice_2018.pdf

The use of phase-change materials on waveguide photonics is presently being purported for a range of applications from on-chip photonic data storage to new computing paradigms. Photonic integrated circuits in combination with phase-change materials provide on-chip control handles, featuring nonvolatility and operation speeds down to the nano- and picosecond regime. Besides ultrafast control, efficient operation of nonvolatile elements is crucial and requires compact photonic designs. Here we embed phase-change materials in photonic crystal cavities to realize tunable nanophotonic devices which can be reconfigured on demand. The devices exploit strong light matter interactions between the resonant modes of the cavity and the evanescently coupled phase-change material cell. This results in an increased transmission contrast and a power reduction of 520% over conventional phase-change nanophotonic devices when reversibly switched with optical pulses. Such designs can thus open up new areas of reconfigurable nanophotonics without sacrificing the speeds or functionality for applications in optical memory cells, optical switches, and tunable wavelength filters.