Millivolt Modulation of Plasmonic Metasurface Optical Response via Ionic Conductance

Thyagarajan, Krishnan; Sokhoyan, Ruzan; Zornberg, Leonardo; Atwater, Harry A.

doi:10.1002/adma.201701044

Millivolt Modulation of Plasmonic Metasurface Optical Response via Ionic Conductance

Journal Article · Wed Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Advanced Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201701044· OSTI ID:1533041

Thyagarajan, Krishnan ^[1]; Sokhoyan, Ruzan ^[2]; Zornberg, Leonardo ^[2]; Atwater, Harry A. ^[3]

California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Thomas J. Watson Lab. of Applied Physics. Kavli Nanoscience Inst.; DOE/OSTI
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Thomas J. Watson Lab. of Applied Physics
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Thomas J. Watson Lab. of Applied Physics. Kavli Nanoscience Inst.

A plasmonic metasurface with an electrically tunable optical response that operates at strikingly low modulation voltages is experimentally demonstrated. The fabricated metasurface shows up to 30% relative change in reflectance in the visible spectral range upon application of 5 mV and 78% absolute change in reflectance upon application of 100 mV of bias. The designed metasurface consists of nanostructured silver and indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes which are separated by 5 nm thick alumina. The millivolt-scale optical modulation is attributed to a new modulation mechanism, in which transport of silver ions through alumina dielectric leads to bias-induced nucleation and growth of silver nanoparticles in the ITO counter-electrode, altering the optical extinction response. This transport mechanism, which occurs at applied electric fields of 1 mV nm^-1, provides a new approach to use of ionic transport for electrical control over light–matter interactions.

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Research Organization:: California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Air Force Ofﬁce of Scientiﬁc Research (AFOSR) (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46405

OSTI ID:: 1533041

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1375059

Journal Information:: Advanced Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Issue: 31 Vol. 29; ISSN 0935-9648

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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