JPhys Photonics (Jan 2023)
Roadmap on chalcogenide photonics
- Behrad Gholipour,
- Stephen R Elliott,
- Maximilian J Müller,
- Matthias Wuttig,
- Daniel W Hewak,
- Brian E Hayden,
- Yifei Li,
- Seong Soon Jo,
- Rafael Jaramillo,
- Robert E Simpson,
- Junji Tominaga,
- Yihao Cui,
- Avik Mandal,
- Benjamin J Eggleton,
- Martin Rochette,
- Mohsen Rezaei,
- Imtiaz Alamgir,
- Hosne Mobarok Shamim,
- Robi Kormokar,
- Arslan Anjum,
- Gebrehiwot Tesfay Zeweldi,
- Tushar Sanjay Karnik,
- Juejun Hu,
- Safa O Kasap,
- George Belev,
- Alla Reznik
Affiliations
- Behrad Gholipour
- ORCiD
- Nanoscale Optics Lab, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada
- Stephen R Elliott
- ORCiD
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford , Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
- Maximilian J Müller
- ORCiD
- Institute of Physics IA, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen 52074, Germany
- Matthias Wuttig
- ORCiD
- Institute of Physics IA, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen 52074, Germany
- Daniel W Hewak
- ORCiD
- Optoelectronics Research Centre and School of Chemistry, University of Southampton , Southampton, United Kingdom
- Brian E Hayden
- Optoelectronics Research Centre and School of Chemistry, University of Southampton , Southampton, United Kingdom
- Yifei Li
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- Seong Soon Jo
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- Rafael Jaramillo
- ORCiD
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- Robert E Simpson
- ORCiD
- Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) , Singapore
- Junji Tominaga
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) , Tsukuba, Japan
- Yihao Cui
- Nanoscale Optics Lab, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada
- Avik Mandal
- Nanoscale Optics Lab, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada
- Benjamin J Eggleton
- ORCiD
- School of Physics, University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano), University of Sydney , Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Martin Rochette
- Nonlinear Photonics Group, McGill University , Montréal, Canada
- Mohsen Rezaei
- Nonlinear Photonics Group, McGill University , Montréal, Canada
- Imtiaz Alamgir
- Nonlinear Photonics Group, McGill University , Montréal, Canada
- Hosne Mobarok Shamim
- ORCiD
- Nonlinear Photonics Group, McGill University , Montréal, Canada
- Robi Kormokar
- Nonlinear Photonics Group, McGill University , Montréal, Canada
- Arslan Anjum
- Nonlinear Photonics Group, McGill University , Montréal, Canada
- Gebrehiwot Tesfay Zeweldi
- Nonlinear Photonics Group, McGill University , Montréal, Canada
- Tushar Sanjay Karnik
- ORCiD
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- Juejun Hu
- ORCiD
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America
- Safa O Kasap
- ORCiD
- University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Canada
- George Belev
- University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Canada
- Alla Reznik
- Lakehead University , Thunder Bay, Canada
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ac9a91
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 5,
no. 1
p. 012501
Abstract
Alloys of sulfur, selenium and tellurium, often referred to as chalcogenide semiconductors, offer a highly versatile, compositionally-controllable material platform for a variety of passive and active photonic applications. They are optically nonlinear, photoconductive materials with wide transmission windows that present various high- and low-index dielectric, low-epsilon and plasmonic properties across ultra-violet, visible and infrared frequencies, in addition to an, non-volatile, electrically/optically induced switching capability between phase states with markedly different electromagnetic properties. This roadmap collection presents an in-depth account of the critical role that chalcogenide semiconductors play within various traditional and emerging photonic technology platforms. The potential of this field going forward is demonstrated by presenting context and outlook on selected socio-economically important research streams utilizing chalcogenide semiconductors. To this end, this roadmap encompasses selected topics that range from systematic design of material properties and switching kinetics to device-level nanostructuring and integration within various photonic system architectures.
Keywords
