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Pulsed laser deposition of Sb2S3 films for phase-change tunable nanophotonics

KEPIČ, P.; LIŠKA, P.; IDESOVÁ, B.; CAHA, O.; LIGMAJER, F.; ŠIKOLA, T.

Original Title

Pulsed laser deposition of Sb2S3 films for phase-change tunable nanophotonics

English Title

Pulsed laser deposition of Sb2S3 films for phase-change tunable nanophotonics

Type

WoS Article

Original Abstract

Non-volatile phase-change materials with large optical contrast are essential for future tunable nanophotonic applications. Antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has recently gained popularity in this field due to its low absorption in the visible spectral region. Although several Sb2S3 deposition techniques have been reported in the literature, none of them was optimized with respect to stoichiometry, lowest possible absorption, and large refractive index contrast (Delta n) upon the phase change. Here we present a comprehensive multi-parameter optimization of pulsed laser deposition of Sb2S3 towards this end. We correlate the specific deposition with the resulting compositional and optical properties and report parameters leading to films with extraordinary qualities (Delta n = 1.2 at 633 nm). Additionally, we suggest crystal orientations and vibrational modes associated with the largest change in the refractive index and propose them as useful large-scale indicators of the Sb2S3 switching contrast.

English abstract

Non-volatile phase-change materials with large optical contrast are essential for future tunable nanophotonic applications. Antimony trisulfide (Sb2S3) has recently gained popularity in this field due to its low absorption in the visible spectral region. Although several Sb2S3 deposition techniques have been reported in the literature, none of them was optimized with respect to stoichiometry, lowest possible absorption, and large refractive index contrast (Delta n) upon the phase change. Here we present a comprehensive multi-parameter optimization of pulsed laser deposition of Sb2S3 towards this end. We correlate the specific deposition with the resulting compositional and optical properties and report parameters leading to films with extraordinary qualities (Delta n = 1.2 at 633 nm). Additionally, we suggest crystal orientations and vibrational modes associated with the largest change in the refractive index and propose them as useful large-scale indicators of the Sb2S3 switching contrast.

Keywords

Sb2S3; tunable nanophotonics; phase-change materials

Key words in English

Sb2S3; tunable nanophotonics; phase-change materials

Authors

KEPIČ, P.; LIŠKA, P.; IDESOVÁ, B.; CAHA, O.; LIGMAJER, F.; ŠIKOLA, T.

RIV year

2025

Released

08.01.2024

Publisher

IOP Publishing Ltd

Location

BRISTOL

ISBN

1367-2630

Periodical

NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Volume

26

Number

1

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

1

Pages to

8

Pages count

8

URL

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/ad1696

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/245215

BibTex

@article{BUT187206,
  author="Peter {Kepič} and Petr {Liška} and Beáta {Idesová} and Ondřej {Caha} and Filip {Ligmajer} and Tomáš {Šikola}",
  title="Pulsed laser deposition of Sb2S3 films for phase-change tunable nanophotonics",
  journal="NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS",
  year="2024",
  volume="26",
  number="1",
  pages="1--8",
  doi="10.1088/1367-2630/ad1696",
  issn="1367-2630",
  url="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/ad1696"
}

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