Abstract

Phase change materials such as chalcogenides and complex oxides possess electronic structures that are widely tunable via external stimuli. Under the right triggers, these can be volatile (threshold switches) or non-volatile (memory). I will present an overview of correlated oxide systems where one can create sub-wavelength dielectric environments on-demand. The role of materials synthesis and their influence in photonic device performance will be considered.

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