Colossal Birefringence from Periodic Structural Modulations
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Mei, Hongyan; Ren, Guodong; Zhao, Boyang; Salman, Jad; Jung, Gwan-Yeong; Chen, Huandong; Thind, Arashdeep S.; Cavin, John; Hachtel, Jordan A.; Chi, Miaofang; Niu, Shanyuan; Joe, Graham; Wan, Chenghao; Settineri, Nick; Teat, Simon J.; Chakoumakos, Bryan C.; Ravichandran, Jayakanth; Mishra, Rohan; Kats, Mikhail A.
- Source
- 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2023 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2023
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Anisotropic magnetoresistance
Refractive index
Lasers and electrooptics
Electro-optic modulators
Optical variables control
Geometrical optics
Optical refraction
- Language
We introduce structural modulation as a new mechanism for achieving colossal optical anisotropy. Modulated nonstoichiometric material Sr 9/8 TiS 3 is shown to have an extraordinary refractive index n e = 4.5 and ordinary refractive index n o = 2.4 in the mid-infrared range.