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5 October 2015 Ultrafast dynamics of Al-doped zinc oxide under optical excitation (Presentation Recording)
Nathaniel Kinsey, Clayton T. DeVault, Jongbum Kim, Marcello Ferrera, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Alexandra Boltasseva
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Proceedings Volume 9546, Active Photonic Materials VII; 95460N (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188175
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2015, San Diego, California, United States
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There is a continual need to explore new and promising dynamic materials to power next-generation switchable devices. In recent years, transparent conducting oxides have been shown to be vital materials for such systems, allowing for both optical and electrical tunability. Using a pump-probe technique, we investigate the optical tunability of CMOS-compatible, highly aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films. The sample was pumped at 325 nm and probed with a weak beam at 1.3 μm to determine the timescale and magnitude of the changes by altering the temporal delay between the pulses with a delay line. For an incident fluence of 3.9 mJ/cm2 a change of 40% in reflection and 30% (max 6.3dB/μm modulation depth) in transmission is observed which is fully recovered within 1ps. Using a computational model, the experimental results were fitted for the given fluence allowing the recombination time and induced carrier density to be extracted. For a fluence of 3.9 mJ/cm2 the average excess carrier density within the material is 0.7×10^20cm-3 and the recombination time is 88fs. The ultrafast temporal response is the result of Auger recombination due to the extremely high carrier concentration present in our films, ~10^21 cm-3. By measuring and fitting the results at several incident fluence levels, the recombination time versus carrier density was determined and fitted with an Auger model resulting in an Auger coefficient of C = 1.03×10^20cm6/sec. Consequently, AZO is shown to be a unique, promising, and CMOS-compatible material for high performance dynamic devices in the near future.
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Nathaniel Kinsey, Clayton T. DeVault, Jongbum Kim, Marcello Ferrera, Alexander V. Kildishev, Vladimir M. Shalaev, and Alexandra Boltasseva "Ultrafast dynamics of Al-doped zinc oxide under optical excitation (Presentation Recording)", Proc. SPIE 9546, Active Photonic Materials VII, 95460N (5 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188175
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KEYWORDS
Ultrafast phenomena
Zinc oxide
Aluminum
Modulation
Thin films
Transparent conducting oxide
Current controlled current source
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