Optically tunable guide-mode resonance grating based on VO2 phase transition material

Abstract

In this paper, highly efficient tunable guide-mode resonance (GMR) grating patterned on top of a film of the phase transition material, vanadium dioxide (VO2), is demonstrated. The optimal optical transmission and tuning can be achieved by optimizing the device structure. Based on the large insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) characteristic tuned by thermally driven of VO2 in the near-infrared range, we show that the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of about 100 nm of the transmittance resonance spectra of the dielectric GMR in VO2 grating offers remarkable extinction modulation depths (68%) at 1535 nm for tunability. The tunability is accompanied by a hysteresis-like behavior that can be exploited for versatile memory effects. In addition, we experimentally demonstrate tuning of the reflection phase over 20°. This work further improves the research topic of GMR and expands the design of novel reconfigurable devices for photonics.

Keywords

• Guide-mode resonance grating
• Optically tunable
• Phase transition material