Journal
JOURNAL OF OPTICS
Volume 22, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/abbb5b
Keywords
Phase-change materials; phase-change metasurfaces; tunable metasurfaces; reconfigurable nanoantennas; reconfigurable integrated photonics
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- EPSRC [EP/M015130/1, EP/M015173/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Metasurfaces and nanoantennas are redefining what can be achieved in terms of optical beam manipulation, as they provide a versatile design platform towards moulding the flow of light at will. Yet, once a conventional metasurface is designed and realised, its effect on optical beams is repeatable and stationary, thus its performance is 'locked-in' at the fabrication stage. A much wider range of applications, such as dynamic beam steering, reconfigurable and dynamic lensing, optical modulation and reconfigurable spectral filtering, could be achieved if real-time tuning of metasurface optical properties were possible. Chalcogenide phase-change materials, because of their rather unique ability to undergo abrupt, repeatable and non-volatile changes in optical properties when switched between their amorphous and crystalline phases, have in recent years been combined with metasurface architectures to provide a promising platform for the achievement of dynamic tunability. In this paper, the concept of dynamically tunable phase-change metasurfaces is introduced, and recent results spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from the visible right through to the THz regime are presented and discussed. The progress, potential applications, and possible future perspectives of phase-change metasurface technology are highlighted, and requirements for the successful implementation of real-world applications are discussed.
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