Polymorphic nanoparticles as all-optical memory elements

A nanoparticle undergoing light-induced transformations between structural phases with different optical properties is an inheritably bistable structure and this bistability can be used to create a resonator-free optical memory element, operating at very low power levels. We experimentally demonstra...

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Main Authors: Soares, B.F (Author), Bashevoy, M.V (Author), Jonsson, F. (Author), MacDonald, K.F (Author), Zheludev, Nikolai (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2006-10-30.
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