Broadband, High-Speed, and Large-Amplitude Dynamic Optical Switching with Yttrium-Doped Cadmium Oxide

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 30; no. 7
• Main Authors: Saha, Soham, Diroll, Benjamin T., Shank, Joshua, Kudyshev, Zhaxylyk, Dutta, Aveek, Chowdhury, Sarah Nahar, Luk, Ting Shan, Campione, Salvatore, Schaller, Richard D., Shalaev, Vladimir M., Boltasseva, Alexandra, Wood, Michael G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley 13.12.2019
• Subjects: all optical switching; cadmium oxide; ENGINEERING; epsilon near zero; high mobility transparent conducting oxide; mid infrared plasmonics

Transparent conducting oxides, such as doped indium oxide, zinc oxide, and cadmium oxide (CdO), have recently attracted attention as tailorable materials for applications in nanophotonic and plasmonic devices such as low-loss modulators and all-optical switches due to their tunable optical propertie...