Tuneable photonic device including an array of metamaterial resonators

Brener, Igal; Wanke, Michael; Benz, Alexander

Title: Tuneable photonic device including an array of metamaterial resonators

Patent · Tue Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1346953

Brener, Igal; Wanke, Michael; Benz, Alexander

A photonic apparatus includes a metamaterial resonator array overlying and electromagnetically coupled to a vertically stacked plurality of quantum wells defined in a semiconductor body. An arrangement of electrical contact layers is provided for facilitating the application of a bias voltage across the quantum well stack. Those portions of the semiconductor body that lie between the electrical contact layers are conformed to provide an electrically conductive path between the contact layers and through the quantum well stack.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation

Patent Number(s):: 9,594,266

Application Number:: 14/183,261

OSTI ID:: 1346953

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Feb 18

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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