Uniaxial films of maximally controllable response under visible light

The controllability of photonic setups is strongly related to how coherently their outputs react to changes in their inputs; such a generic concept is treated in the case of films comprising multilayers of tilted optical axes, under visible light. The optimized designs incorporate ordinary metals or...

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Published inScientific reports Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 13051
Main Authors Tulegenov, Dias, Valagiannopoulos, Constantinos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 03.08.2020
Nature Publishing Group
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Design
Humanities and Social Sciences
Light
Light effects
Magnetic fields
Metals
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Semiconductors
Signal processing
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Summary:The controllability of photonic setups is strongly related to how coherently their outputs react to changes in their inputs; such a generic concept is treated in the case of films comprising multilayers of tilted optical axes, under visible light. The optimized designs incorporate ordinary metals or semiconductors while being able to achieve practically all the combinations of reflected, transmitted and absorbed power within the passivity limits. Importantly, most of the proposed structures exhibit substantial robustness to manufacturing defects and are fabricable with various methods. Therefore, they can make indispensable pieces of integrated photonic systems by improving their light-controlling operation for applications ranging from steering and electrodynamic switching to filtering and optical signal processing.
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ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-69770-w