Electronically Reconfigurable Photonic Switches Incorporating Plasmonic Structures and Phase Change Materials.

Autor: Farmakidis N; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Youngblood N; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK.; Present Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA., Lee JS; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Feldmann J; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Lodi A; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Li X; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Aggarwal S; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Zhou W; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Bogani L; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK., Pernice WH; Institute of Physics, University of Munster, Munster, Germany., Wright CD; Departmentof Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QF, UK., Bhaskaran H; Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PH, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) [Adv Sci (Weinh)] 2022 Jul; Vol. 9 (20), pp. e2200383. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Apr 17.
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202200383
Abstrakt: The ever-increasing demands for data processing and storage will require seamless monolithic co-integration of electronics and photonics. Phase-change materials are uniquely suited to fulfill this function due to their dual electro-optical sensitivity, nonvolatile retention properties, and fast switching dynamics. The extreme size disparity however between CMOS electronics and dielectric photonics inhibits the realization of efficient and compact electrically driven photonic switches, logic and routing elements. Here, the authors achieve an important milestone in harmonizing the two domains by demonstrating an electrically reconfigurable, ultra-compact and nonvolatile memory that is optically accessible. The platform relies on localized heat, generated within a plasmonic structure; this uniquely allows for both optical and electrical readout signals to be interlocked with the material state of the PCM while still ensuring that the writing operation is electrically decoupled. Importantly, by miniaturization and effective thermal engineering, the authors achieve unprecedented energy efficiency, opening up a path towards low-energy optoelectronic hardware for neuromorphic and in-memory computing.
(© 2022 The Authors. Advanced Science published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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