Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
Optics Express
Pub Date
2015
Volume
23
Issue
10
First Page
13222
Abstract
Correlated experimental and simulation studies on the modulation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons (SPP) in Au/VO2 bilayers are presented. The modification of the SPP wave vector by the thermallyinduced insulator-to-metal phase transition (IMT) in VO2 was investigated by measuring the optical reflectivity of the sample. Reflectivity changes are observed for VO2 when transitioning between the insulating and metallic states, enabling modulation of the SPP in the Au layer by the thermally induced IMT in the VO2 layer. Since the IMT can also be optically induced using ultrafast laser pulses, we postulate the viability of SPP ultrafast modulation for sensing or control. (C)2015 Optical Society of America
Recommended Citation
Beebe, M.; Wang, L.; Madaras, S. E.; Klopf, J. M.; Li, Z.; Brantley, D.; Heimburger, M.; Lukaszew, R. A.; Wincheski, R. A.; Kittiwatanakul, S.; and Lu, J., Surface plasmon resonance modulation in nanopatterned Au gratings by the insulator-metal transition in vanadium dioxide films (2015). Optics Express, 23(10), 13222-13229.
10.1364/OE.23.013222
DOI
10.1364/OE.23.013222
