Hysteresis in the spontaneous emission induced by VO2 phase change
Abstract
We investigate the spontaneous emission of a two-level quantum emitter in the vicinity of a vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin film. By taking advantage of effective medium techniques to describe the dielectric constant of the VO2, we demonstrate that, in the near-field regime, the spontaneous emission rate of both electric and magnetic dipole emitters can be maximized at the insulator-to-metal phase transition temperature of the film. We find that VO2’s thermal hysteresis curve produces clear fingerprints in the emitter’s decay process, offering a new degree of freedom to dynamically control light emission at the nanoscale. We also find that the spontaneous emission rate is a non-monotonic function of the emitter transition wavelength, presenting a pronounced peak at infrared frequencies. Altogether, our results reveal that VO2 phase transition is a promising mechanism to achieve on-demand tuning of an emitter’s lifetime.
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[2];
- Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Federal Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Inst. de Física
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1511246
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1497936
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-30372
Journal ID: ISSN 0740-3224; JOBPDE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; NA150208
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 36; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0740-3224
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Energy Sciences; Material Science
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Szilard, Daniela, de Melo Kort-Kamp, Wilton Junior, Rosa, F. S S, Pinheiro, F. A., and Farina, C. Hysteresis in the spontaneous emission induced by VO2 phase change. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1364/JOSAB.36.000C46.
Szilard, Daniela, de Melo Kort-Kamp, Wilton Junior, Rosa, F. S S, Pinheiro, F. A., & Farina, C. Hysteresis in the spontaneous emission induced by VO2 phase change. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.36.000C46
Szilard, Daniela, de Melo Kort-Kamp, Wilton Junior, Rosa, F. S S, Pinheiro, F. A., and Farina, C. Thu .
"Hysteresis in the spontaneous emission induced by VO2 phase change". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.36.000C46. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1511246.
@article{osti_1511246,
title = {Hysteresis in the spontaneous emission induced by VO2 phase change},
author = {Szilard, Daniela and de Melo Kort-Kamp, Wilton Junior and Rosa, F. S S and Pinheiro, F. A. and Farina, C.},
abstractNote = {We investigate the spontaneous emission of a two-level quantum emitter in the vicinity of a vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin film. By taking advantage of effective medium techniques to describe the dielectric constant of the VO2, we demonstrate that, in the near-field regime, the spontaneous emission rate of both electric and magnetic dipole emitters can be maximized at the insulator-to-metal phase transition temperature of the film. We find that VO2’s thermal hysteresis curve produces clear fingerprints in the emitter’s decay process, offering a new degree of freedom to dynamically control light emission at the nanoscale. We also find that the spontaneous emission rate is a non-monotonic function of the emitter transition wavelength, presenting a pronounced peak at infrared frequencies. Altogether, our results reveal that VO2 phase transition is a promising mechanism to achieve on-demand tuning of an emitter’s lifetime.},
doi = {10.1364/JOSAB.36.000C46},
journal = {Journal of the Optical Society of America. Part B, Optical Physics},
number = 4,
volume = 36,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Thu Mar 07 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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Fig. 1: Schematic view of the system under investigation: a two-level emitter at a distance z of a VO2 thin film of width d = 200 nm, supported by a substrate of Sapphire.
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