3 papers
physics.optics2024
Unravelling and circumventing failure mechanisms in chalcogenide optical phase change materials
Cosmin Constantin Popescu, Kiumars Aryana, Brian Mills +17
Chalcogenide optical phase change materials (PCMs) have garnered significant interest for their growing applications in programmable photonics, optical analog computing, active met…
physics.app-ph2024
Microheater hotspot engineering for repeatable multi-level switching in foundry-processed phase change silicon photonics
Hongyi Sun, Chuanyu Lian, Francis Vásquez-Aza +9
Nonvolatile photonic integrated circuits employing phase change materials have relied either on optical switching mechanisms with precise multi-level control but poor scalability o…
physics.optics2024
Robust electrothermal switching of optical phase change materials through computer-aided adaptive pulse optimization
Parth Garud, Kiumars Aryana, Cosmin Constantin Popescu +6
Electrically tunable optical devices present diverse functionalities for manipulating electromagnetic waves by leveraging elements capable of reversibly switching between different…