Journal
JOURNAL OF OPTICS
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8986/ac5ece
Keywords
Sb2Se3; antimony selenide; phase change materials; chalcogenide; optical switching
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- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [EP/M015130/1]
- Manufacturing and Application of Next Generation Chalcogenides
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This study investigates the dynamical response of antimony-based chalcogenide Sb2Se3 from nanoseconds to milliseconds. The experimental results reveal the vitrification dynamics at the nanosecond scale and crystallization dynamics at the millisecond scale in this material, with a five-orders of magnitude difference in time scales. These insights are fundamental for optimizing the material and its utilization in photonic applications.
The antimony-based chalcogenide Sb2Se3 is a rapidly emerging material for photonic phase change applications owing to its ultra-low optical losses at telecommunication wavelengths in both crystalline and amorphous phases. Here, we investigate the dynamical response of these materials from nanoseconds to milliseconds under optical pumping conditions. We apply bichromatic pump-probe transient reflectance spectroscopy which is a widely used method to study the optical performance of optical phase change materials during phase transitions induced by direct pulsed optical switching. Amorphous regions of several hundreds of nanometers in diameter are induced by pulsed excitation of the material using a wavelength of 488 nm above the absorption edge, while the transient reflectance is probed using a continuous wave 980 nm laser, well below the absorption edge of the material. We find vitrification dynamics in the nanosecond range and observe crystallization on millisecond time scales. These results show a large five-orders of magnitude difference in time scales between crystallization and vitrification dynamics in this material. The insights provided in this work are fundamental for the optimisation of the material family and its employment in photonic applications.
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