Spatially-resolved insulator-metal transition for rewritable optical gratings

Yuliang Chen; Changlong Hu; Liyan Xie; Xiaoyu Zhou; Bowen Li; Hui Ren; Liang Li; Guobin Zhang; Jun Jiang; Chongwen Zou

doi:10.1038/s43246-021-00141-2

Communications Materials (Mar 2021)

Spatially-resolved insulator-metal transition for rewritable optical gratings

Yuliang Chen,
Changlong Hu,
Liyan Xie,
Xiaoyu Zhou,
Bowen Li,
Hui Ren,
Liang Li,
Guobin Zhang,
Jun Jiang,
Chongwen Zou

Affiliations

Yuliang Chen: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Changlong Hu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Liyan Xie: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Xiaoyu Zhou: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Bowen Li: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Hui Ren: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Liang Li: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Guobin Zhang: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China
Jun Jiang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China
Chongwen Zou: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00141-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Optical gratings are typically composed of periodic grooves, but these suffer from issues with light scattering and are fragile. Here, a groove-less WO3 grating is demonstrated, which uses electron-proton synergistic doping to spatially tune a rewritable insulator-metal transition and coloration.

Published in Communications Materials

ISSN: 2662-4443 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering: Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsmat/

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