Hybrid all-dielectric phase-change Metamaterial. Inclusion of a sub-wavelength layer of GST material into Si nano-cylindars allows to manupulate reflective and transmissive properties of the metasurface in the near IR domain. Achived behaviour could be used to create novel type of tynable filters for tellecomunication applications.
C. Ruiz de Galarreta, I. Sinev, A. M. Alexeev, et al., Optica2020, 7, 476

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