Voltage tuning of plasmonic absorbers by indium tin oxide

We experimentally demonstrate electrical tuning of plasmonic mid-infrared absorber resonances at 4 μm wavelength. The perfect infrared absorption is realized by an array of gold nanostrip antennas separated from a back reflector by a thin dielectric layer. An indium tin oxide active layer strongly coupled to the optical near field of the plasmonic absorber allows for spectral tunability.

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