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      Phase-change materials for non-volatile photonic applications

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          Materials whose optical properties can be reconfigured are crucial for photonic applications such as optical memories. Phase-change materials offer such utility and here recent progress is reviewed.

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          The Fano resonance in plasmonic nanostructures and metamaterials.

          Boris Luk'yanchuk, Nikolay I. Zheludev, Stefan A. Maier … (2010)
          Since its discovery, the asymmetric Fano resonance has been a characteristic feature of interacting quantum systems. The shape of this resonance is distinctively different from that of conventional symmetric resonance curves. Recently, the Fano resonance has been found in plasmonic nanoparticles, photonic crystals, and electromagnetic metamaterials. The steep dispersion of the Fano resonance profile promises applications in sensors, lasing, switching, and nonlinear and slow-light devices.
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            Metamaterials and negative refractive index.

            D Smith, J. Pendry, M. Wiltshire (2004)
            Recently, artificially constructed metamaterials have become of considerable interest, because these materials can exhibit electromagnetic characteristics unlike those of any conventional materials. Artificial magnetism and negative refractive index are two specific types of behavior that have been demonstrated over the past few years, illustrating the new physics and new applications possible when we expand our view as to what constitutes a material. In this review, we describe recent advances in metamaterials research and discuss the potential that these materials may hold for realizing new and seemingly exotic electromagnetic phenomena.
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              Phase-change materials for rewriteable data storage.

              Matthias Wuttig, Noboru Yamada (2007)
              Phase-change materials are some of the most promising materials for data-storage applications. They are already used in rewriteable optical data storage and offer great potential as an emerging non-volatile electronic memory. This review looks at the unique property combination that characterizes phase-change materials. The crystalline state often shows an octahedral-like atomic arrangement, frequently accompanied by pronounced lattice distortions and huge vacancy concentrations. This can be attributed to the chemical bonding in phase-change alloys, which is promoted by p-orbitals. From this insight, phase-change alloys with desired properties can be designed. This is demonstrated for the optical properties of phase-change alloys, in particular the contrast between the amorphous and crystalline states. The origin of the fast crystallization kinetics is also discussed.
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                Journal
                Title: Nature Photonics
                Abbreviated Title: Nature Photon
                Publisher: Springer Nature
                ISSN (Print): 1749-4885
                ISSN (Electronic): 1749-4893
                Publication date Created: August 1 2017
                Publication date (Print): August 1 2017
                Volume: 11
                Issue: 8
                Pages: 465-476
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                DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2017.126
                SO-VID: 361c5ea3-9676-4002-8fe4-304dc9d3e3e1
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