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Surface phonon–polaritons

To scatter or not to scatter

Nature Materials volume 15, pages 821–822 (2016)Cite this article

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A rewritable platform for subwavelength optical components is demonstrated by combining surface phonon–polaritons, sustained in a polar dielectric layer, with the switching functionality provided by a phase-change material.

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Figure 1: A platform for reversible writing and erasure of resonant subwavelength cavities.

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  1. Isabelle Staude is at the Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany,

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  2. Carsten Rockstuhl is at the Institute of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany and at the Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany,

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Staude, I., Rockstuhl, C. To scatter or not to scatter. Nature Mater 15, 821–822 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4713

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