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Nonvolatile Phase-Only Transmissive Spatial Light Modulator with Electrical Addressability of Individual Pixels.

Zhuoran Fang¹, Rui Chen¹, Johannes E Fröch^1,2

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.

|April 19, 2024

Summary

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This study demonstrates a novel transmissive phase-only spatial light modulator (SLM) using low-loss phase-change materials (PCMs). It achieves individual pixel control and zero static power, advancing SLM technology.

Keywords:

electrical individual-pixel control nonvolatile phase-change materials phase-only transmissive spatial light modulator

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Area of Science:

Metasurfaces
Nanophotonics
Optical Engineering

Background:

Active metasurfaces with tunable nanoscatterers are key for high-performance spatial light modulators (SLMs).
Phase-change materials (PCMs) offer nonvolatile, low-power optical modulation but current designs lack individual pixel control for SLMs.
Existing electrically controlled PCM metasurfaces are limited to global amplitude modulation, insufficient for SLM applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To experimentally demonstrate an individually addressable, transmissive metasurface for phase-only spatial light modulation.
To utilize the low-loss phase-change material Sb2Se3 for enhanced optical modulation.
To achieve zero static power consumption in a transmissive phase-only SLM.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of a transmissive metasurface using Sb2Se3 and doped silicon nanowire heaters for individual pixel control.
Excitation of a quasi-bound-state-in-the-continuum (BIC) mode within a diatomic metasurface structure.
Employing guided-mode resonance for enhanced light-Sb2Se3 interaction to achieve a 2π phase shift.

Main Results:

Demonstrated a global phase-only modulation of ~0.2π, a tenfold enhancement over previous methods.
Achieved deterministic multilevel switching (ten levels) for individual pixel control.
Successfully demonstrated tunable far-field beam shaping, confirming SLM functionality.

Conclusions:

Presented the first zero-static power transmissive phase-only SLMs.
Enabled by electrically controlled, low-loss PCMs and individually addressable meta-molecules.
This work paves the way for advanced, power-efficient optical modulation devices.