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New Molecular-Based Materials for Enabling Electro-Optical Bistability in the Silicon Photonics Platform
Pablo SanchisElena Pinilla-cienfuegosRoger Sanchis-gualIrene OlivaresJorge O. ParraAntoine BrimontRamón Torres-cavanillassubject
Silicon photonicsMaterials scienceBistabilitySiliconbusiness.industrySpin transitionchemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesOptical switch0104 chemical sciencesOptical bistabilitychemistrySpin crossoverOptoelectronicsPhotonics0210 nano-technologybusinessComputer Science::Databasesdescription
Electro-optical bistability is a functionality which can be crucial for a wide range of applications as it can enable non-volatile and ultra-low power switching performance. We investigate the integration of a molecular-based material presenting a Spin Crossover (SCO) effect in the silicon platform for enabling optical bistability. The SCO phenomenon involves a switching process between two molecular spin states. This spin transition comes along with a change in the optical refractive index that can be switched by different external stimuli such as a variation of temperature or light irradiation and which has a hysteretic behaviour. The SCO material can be synthetized as nanoparticles so that it can be easily integrated in the silicon platform and have the potential to allow switching at room temperature.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-01 | 2019 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) |