Design and fabrication of a vanadium dioxide-based actively switchable wire grid polarizer for near-infrared applications

Autor: Walther Markus, Siefke Thomas, Gerold Kristin, Zeitner Uwe D.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol 287, p 05007 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2100-014X
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202328705007
Popis: This study introduces an actively switchable wire grid polarizer exploiting the semiconductor-metal transition of vanadium dioxide. Operating at a near-infrared wavelength, the device features a SiO2 substrate with VO2 deposited by atomic layer deposition. We demonstrate the design using rigorous coupled wave analysis and show a viable fabrication route. Polarisation-resolved spectral transmission measurements show switching of the extinction ratio from 37.5 (on-state) to 1.6 (off-state). Despite observed deviations between measured and theoretical transmission values, the device shows potential in miniaturized imaging processes, polarization measurements, and ellipsometry.
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