Hydrogen absorbing multilayers as switchable metamaterials

 

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Autori: Azofeifa, Daniel, Clark Binns, Neville, Vargas, William, Bermúdez Ureña, Esteban
Natura: artículo original
Data di pubblicazione:2025
Descrizione:Multilayered metamaterials with switchable optical properties are desirable for application purposes such as sensors and imaging systems. Some rare-earth metals (RE) could be used for this purpose as they undergo a metal-dielectric phase transition upon hydrogen absorption. Alternating layers of palladium and REs exposed to a hydrogen atmosphere are shown to exhibit a switchable and reversible reflectance band. The reflectance band is tunable across the visible spectrum by changing the thickness of the RE layers, while increasing the number of layers enhances the reflectance band amplitude. The result is a switchable multilayer metamaterial whose optical properties are tunable by changing the surrounding hydrogen pressure.
Stato:Kérwá
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Lingua:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/103511
Accesso online:https://hdl.handle.net/10669/103511
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2025.140679
Keyword:Optical multilayers
Hyperbolic metamaterials
Hydrogen
Switchable optical properties
Rare-earth metals