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Title: Meta-structure and tunable optical device including the same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1414941

A meta-structure and a tunable optical device including the same are provided. The meta-structure includes a plurality of metal layers spaced apart from one another, an active layer spaced apart from the plurality of metal layers and having a carrier concentration that is tuned according to an electric signal applied to the active layer and the plurality of metal layers, and a plurality of dielectric layers spaced apart from one another and each having one surface contacting a metal layer among the plurality of metal layers and another surface contacting the active layer.

Research Organization:
Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., Suwon-si, KR (Korea); California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-07ER46405
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. (Suwon-si, KR); California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,851,589
Application Number:
15/233,036
OSTI ID:
1414941
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016 Aug 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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