Hybrid metamaterials for electrically triggered multifunctional control

Liu Liu, Lei Kang, Theresa S. Mayer () and Douglas H. Werner ()
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Liu Liu: The Pennsylvania State University
Lei Kang: The Pennsylvania State University
Theresa S. Mayer: The Pennsylvania State University
Douglas H. Werner: The Pennsylvania State University

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Despite the exotic material properties that have been demonstrated to date, practical examples of versatile metamaterials remain exceedingly rare. The concept of metadevices has been proposed in the context of hybrid metamaterial composites: systems in which active materials are introduced to advance tunability, switchability and nonlinearity. In contrast to the successful hybridizations seen at lower frequencies, there has been limited exploration into plasmonic and photonic nanostructures due to the lack of available optical materials with non-trivial activity, together with difficulties in regulating responses to external forces in an integrated manner. Here, by presenting a series of proof-of-concept studies on electrically triggered functionalities, we demonstrate a vanadium dioxide integrated photonic metamaterial as a transformative platform for multifunctional control. The proposed hybrid metamaterial integrated with transition materials represents a major step forward by providing a universal approach to creating self-sufficient and highly versatile nanophotonic systems.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13236

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