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Au/MXene based ultrafast all-optical switching

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All-optical switches have arisen great attention due to their ultrafast speed as compared with electric switches. However, the excellent optical properties and strong interaction of two-dimensional (2D) material MXene show great potentials in next-generation all-optical switching. As a solution, we propose all-optical switching used Au/MXene with switching full width at half maximum (FWHM) operating at 290 fs. Compared with pure MXene, the Au/MXene behaves outstanding performances due to local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), including broadband differential transmission, strong near-infrared on/off ratio enhancement. Remarkably, this study enhances understanding of Au/MXene based ultrafast all-optical switching red-shifted about 34 nm in comparison to MXene, validating all optical properties of Au/MXene opening the way to the implementation of optical interconnection and optical switching.

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The research was partially supported by the funding of the Science and Technology Development Fund (Grant Nos. 007/2017/A1 and 132/2017/A3), Macao Special Administration Region (SAR), China, and the National Natural Science Fundation of China (Grant Nos. 61875138, 61435010, and 6181101252); King Khalid University through Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS) (Grant Nos. RCAMS/KKU/006/21); and the Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen (Grant Nos. KQTD2015032416270385, JCYJ20150625103619275, JCYJ20170811093 453105, KCXFZ20201221173413038, and JCYJ20190806163805286).

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  1. International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics and Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital (Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital), College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Yule Zhang, Feng Zhang, Bowen Du, Hualong Chen, Bin Zhang & Han Zhang

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia

    S. Wageh & Omar A. Al-Hartomy

  3. Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Ab-ha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi

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Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., Du, B. et al. Au/MXene based ultrafast all-optical switching. Front. Phys. 18, 33301 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-022-1248-0

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