Femtosecond switching of infrared light using a plasmonic cadmium oxide perfect absorber

Yuanmu Yang, Kyle Kelly, Edward Sachet, Salvatore Campione, Ting S. Luk, Jon Paul Maria, Michael B. Sinclair, Igal Brener

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Abstract

Using a high-electron-mobility cadmium oxide perfect absorber and intraband optical pumping, we experimentally demonstrate a reflective polarizer with a polarization extinction ratio of 91 that can be switched on and off within 800 fs.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2017 - Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781538607374
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 26 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2017 - Santa Fe, United States
Duration: Aug 13 2017Aug 17 2017

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics
ISSN (Print)2160-5033
ISSN (Electronic)2160-5041

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySanta Fe
Period08/13/1708/17/17

Funding

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering Division, and was performed, in part, at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the U.S. DOE, Office of Science. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA0003525.

Keywords

  • Plasmonics
  • Polarization
  • Ultrafast

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