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Title: High-efficiency optical limiter using metasurface and phase-change material

Abstract

According to some aspects, a transmissive and all-dielectric optical component/limiter with great cutoff efficiency using Vanadium Dioxide (VO2) as the active component is disclosed. In some embodiments, Vanadium dioxide is used for an optical limiter due to the large contrast in optical constants upon undergoing the semiconductor to metal phase transition. When triggered optically, this transition occurs within 60 fs, making the device suitable for an ultrafast laser environment. In addition, the phase transition threshold is tunable by applying stress or doping; therefore, the device cutoff intensity can be adjusted to fulfill specific requirements.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1860214
Patent Number(s):
11209716
Application Number:
16/593,551
Assignee:
Vanderbuilt University (Nashville, TN)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02F - DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING
DOE Contract Number:  
ECCS1351334; FG02-01ER45916; N00014-16-1-2283
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 10/04/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Valentine, Jason G., Haglund, Richard F., Zhu, Zhihua, and Howes, Austin. High-efficiency optical limiter using metasurface and phase-change material. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Valentine, Jason G., Haglund, Richard F., Zhu, Zhihua, & Howes, Austin. High-efficiency optical limiter using metasurface and phase-change material. United States.
Valentine, Jason G., Haglund, Richard F., Zhu, Zhihua, and Howes, Austin. Tue . "High-efficiency optical limiter using metasurface and phase-change material". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1860214.
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