Rapid phase transition of a phase-change metamaterial perfect absorber

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1101-1110

  Cao, Tun ^a   Wei, Chenwei ^a   Simpson, Robert E ^c   Zhang, Lei ^a   Cryan, Martin J ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE STATE; ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; PERFECT ABSORBER; PLASMONIC RESONANCES; POWER REQUIREMENT; RAPID PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TUNABLE PHOTONIC DEVICES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GERMANIUM; HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT; METAMATERIALS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; PHOTONIC DEVICES;

GOLD;

EID: 84884177634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.001101     Document Type: Article

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