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Unique prospects of phase change material Sb2Se3 for ultra-compact reconfigurable nanophotonic devices


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Wei Jia, R. Menon, B. Sensale‐Rodriguez
Optical Materials Express, 2021

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Jia, W., Menon, R., & Sensale‐Rodriguez, B. (2021). Unique prospects of phase change material Sb2Se3 for ultra-compact reconfigurable nanophotonic devices. Optical Materials Express.


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Jia, Wei, R. Menon, and B. Sensale‐Rodriguez. “Unique Prospects of Phase Change Material Sb2Se3 for Ultra-Compact Reconfigurable Nanophotonic Devices.” Optical Materials Express (2021).


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Jia, Wei, et al. “Unique Prospects of Phase Change Material Sb2Se3 for Ultra-Compact Reconfigurable Nanophotonic Devices.” Optical Materials Express, 2021.


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@article{wei2021a,
  title = {Unique prospects of phase change material Sb2Se3 for ultra-compact reconfigurable nanophotonic devices},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Optical Materials Express},
  author = {Jia, Wei and Menon, R. and Sensale‐Rodriguez, B.}
}

Abstract

In this work, we explore inverse designed reconfigurable digital metamaterial structures based on phase change material Sb2Se3 for efficient and compact integrated nanophotonics. An exemplary design of a 1 × 2 optical switch consisting of a 3 µm x 3 µm pixelated domain is demonstrated. We show that: (i) direct optimization of a domain containing only Si and Sb2Se3 pixels does not lead to a high extinction ratio between output ports in the amorphous state, which is owed to the small index contrast between Si and Sb2Se3 in such a state. As a result, (ii) topology optimization, e.g., the addition of air pixels, is required to provide an initial asymmetry that aids the amorphous state's response. Furthermore, (iii) the combination of low loss and high refractive index change in Sb2Se3, which is unique among all phase change materials in the telecommunications 1550 nm band, translates into an excellent projected performance; the optimized device structure exhibits a low insertion loss (∼1.5 dB) and high extinction ratio (>18 dB) for both phase states.


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