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Patent No.:

US 10545357 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2017

Programmable metamaterial

Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Johannes Gooth, Horgen, CH;

Bernd Gotsmann, Horgen, CH;

Fabian Menges, Urdorf, CH;

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorney:

James L. Olsen

Primary Examiner:

Brandi N Thomas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/24 (2006.01); H01L 45/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 13/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0054 (2013.01); G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/047 (2013.01); H01L 27/2463 (2013.01); H01L 45/065 (2013.01); H01L 45/126 (2013.01); H01L 45/146 (2013.01); G02F 2202/10 (2013.01); G02F 2202/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a programmable metamaterial which comprises an array of phase-change material elements. A domain inducing component may be coupled to at least one phase-change material element of the array of phase-change material elements. The domain inducing component may be configured to program the refractive index of the at least one phase-change material element and reprogram the refractive index of the at least one phase-change material element by inducing a phase transition in a domain of the at least one phase-change material element. A method for programming the metamaterial may include selecting the phase-change material element for programming and programming the refractive index of the selected phase-change material element by inducing a phase transition in a domain of the selected phase-change material element.

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