Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1539584 Optics Communications 2008 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Thermochromic vanadium dioxide thin films prepared by radio-frequency sputtering exhibit controllable transmittance at 1550 nm with a dynamic range exceeding 103103. Efficient optical control with a laser beam at 532 nm is demonstrated with intensities as low as 3 W/cm2. Optical switch-on times as short as 100 μs are reported.

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