Large optical nonlinearity of ITO nanorods for sub-picosecond all-optical modulation of the full-visible spectrum

Guo, Peijun; Schaller, Richard D.; Ocola, Leonidas E.; Diroll, Benjamin T.; Ketterson, John B.; Chang, Robert P.  H.

doi:10.1038/ncomms12892

Title: Large optical nonlinearity of ITO nanorods for sub-picosecond all-optical modulation of the full-visible spectrum

Journal Article · Thu Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12892· OSTI ID:1362297

^[1]; Schaller, Richard D. ^[2];

^[3]; Diroll, Benjamin T. ^[3]; Ketterson, John B. ^[1]; Chang, Robert P. H. ^[1]

Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

Optical nonlinearity induced by intense optical excitation of mobile electrons in metallic nanostructures can provide dynamic tuning of their electromagnetic response, which is potentially useful for all-optical information processing. Here we report on the sub-picosecond optical nonlinearity of indium tin oxide nanorod arrays (ITO-NRAs) following intraband, on-plasmon-resonance optical pumping, which enables modulation of the full-visible spectrum with large absolute change of transmission, favorable spectral tunability and beam-steering capability. We semi-quantitatively model the permittivity change, whose large amplitude stems from a significant electron redistribution under intraband pumping due to the low electron concentration. Further, we observe a transient response in the microsecond regime associated with the slow lattice cooling, which arises from the large aspect-ratio and low thermal conductivity of ITO-NRAs. Finally, our results demonstrate that all-optical control of the visible spectrum can be achieved by using heavily doped wide-bandgap semiconductors in their transparent regime with speed faster than that of noble metals.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF) - Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division of Materials Research (MPS-DMR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1362297

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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