Reconfigurable Multistate Optical Systems Enabled by VO<sub>2</sub> Phase Transitions
Xiaoyang Duan, Samuel T. White, Yuanyuan Cui, Frank Neubrech, Yanfeng Gao, Richard F. Haglund, Na Liu
Abstract
, enabling an optical encryption device encoded by multiple keys. Our work points the way toward advanced multistate reconfigurable optical systems, which substantially outperform current optical devices in both breadth of capabilities and functionalities.
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