Femtosecond optical polarization switching using a cadmium oxide-based perfect absorber
Abstract
Ultrafast control of the polarization state of light may enable a plethora of applications in optics, chemistry and biology. However, conventional polarizing elements, such as polarizers and waveplates, are either static or possess only gigahertz switching speeds. Here, with the aid of high-mobility indium-doped cadmium oxide (CdO) as the gateway plasmonic material, we realize a high-quality factor Berreman-type perfect absorber at a wavelength of 2.08 μm. On sub-bandgap optical pumping, the perfect absorption resonance strongly redshifts because of the transient increase of the ensemble-averaged effective electron mass of CdO, which leads to an absolute change in the p-polarized reflectance from 1.0 to 86.3%. As a result, by combining the exceedingly high modulation depth with the polarization selectivity of the perfect absorber, we experimentally demonstrate a reflective polarizer with a polarization extinction ratio of 91 that can be switched on and off within 800 fs.
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- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1361213
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2017-3063J
Journal ID: ISSN 1749-4885; nphoton.2017.64
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Photonics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1749-4885
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; metamaterials; nanophotonics and plasmonics; ultrafast photonics
Citation Formats
Yang, Yuanmu, Kelley, Kyle, Sachet, Edward, Campione, Salvatore, Luk, Ting S., Maria, Jon -Paul, Sinclair, Michael B., and Brener, Igal. Femtosecond optical polarization switching using a cadmium oxide-based perfect absorber. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2017.64.
Yang, Yuanmu, Kelley, Kyle, Sachet, Edward, Campione, Salvatore, Luk, Ting S., Maria, Jon -Paul, Sinclair, Michael B., & Brener, Igal. Femtosecond optical polarization switching using a cadmium oxide-based perfect absorber. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2017.64
Yang, Yuanmu, Kelley, Kyle, Sachet, Edward, Campione, Salvatore, Luk, Ting S., Maria, Jon -Paul, Sinclair, Michael B., and Brener, Igal. Mon .
"Femtosecond optical polarization switching using a cadmium oxide-based perfect absorber". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2017.64. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1361213.
@article{osti_1361213,
title = {Femtosecond optical polarization switching using a cadmium oxide-based perfect absorber},
author = {Yang, Yuanmu and Kelley, Kyle and Sachet, Edward and Campione, Salvatore and Luk, Ting S. and Maria, Jon -Paul and Sinclair, Michael B. and Brener, Igal},
abstractNote = {Ultrafast control of the polarization state of light may enable a plethora of applications in optics, chemistry and biology. However, conventional polarizing elements, such as polarizers and waveplates, are either static or possess only gigahertz switching speeds. Here, with the aid of high-mobility indium-doped cadmium oxide (CdO) as the gateway plasmonic material, we realize a high-quality factor Berreman-type perfect absorber at a wavelength of 2.08 μm. On sub-bandgap optical pumping, the perfect absorption resonance strongly redshifts because of the transient increase of the ensemble-averaged effective electron mass of CdO, which leads to an absolute change in the p-polarized reflectance from 1.0 to 86.3%. As a result, by combining the exceedingly high modulation depth with the polarization selectivity of the perfect absorber, we experimentally demonstrate a reflective polarizer with a polarization extinction ratio of 91 that can be switched on and off within 800 fs.},
doi = {10.1038/nphoton.2017.64},
journal = {Nature Photonics},
number = 6,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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