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Title: Multilayer-WS{sub 2}:ferroelectric composite for ultrafast tunable metamaterial-induced transparency applications

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4929701· OSTI ID:22489141
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  1. State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)

An ultrafast and low-power all-optical tunable metamaterial-induced transparency is realized, using polycrystalline barium titanate doped gold nanoparticles and multilayer tungsten disulfide microsheets as nonlinear optical materials. Large nonlinearity enhancement is obtained associated with quantum confinement effect, local-field effect, and reinforced interaction between light and multilayer tungsten disulfide. Low threshold pump intensity of 20 MW/cm{sup 2} is achieved. An ultrafast response time of 85 ps is maintained because of fast carrier relaxation dynamics in nanoscale crystal grains of polycrystalline barium titanate. This may be useful for the study of integrated photonic devices based on two-dimensional materials.

OSTI ID:
22489141
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 8; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English