Pixelated electrically driven Sb2Se3 phase-change metasurfaces
Abstract Sb 2 Se 3 has established itself as a leading phase-change material for reconfigurable photonics, exhibiting broadband transparency and reversible optical transitions. However, previous metasurface implementations remain constrained by offline thermal or optical control mechanisms. We develop an electrically driven platform featuring monolithic integration of Sb 2 Se 3 nanostructures with addressable microheater arrays, achieving localized phase transitions at microsecond timescales. This hybrid architecture enables selective excitation of distinct coupled resonant modes in the near-infrared spectrum, delivering electrically controlled amplitude modulation exceeding 80 percent and phase modulation approaching 2π coverage. Advancing beyond unit-cell demonstrations, we implement a 6 × 6 electrically addressable metasurface array that yields an efficient spectral transmission matrix. Here, we show that integrating this system with neural-network-assisted computational methodologies achieves high-precision spectral reconstruction across a 500-nanometer short-wave infrared bandwidth, establishing a robust framework for computational spectroscopy and intelligent sensing in reconfigurable photonics.
Authors
- Annan Zhao
- Din Ping Tsai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0883-9906)
- Luoyao Chu
- Zhaohuan Ao
- Xiaojie ZENG
- Ruifeng Zhong
- Siqing Zeng
- Yan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8984-863X)
- Shunyu Yao
- Chao Lu
- Yuru Li
- Xiaoqi He
- Zhaohui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6145-7843)
- Tao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3001-4481)
- Zhihao Fu
Institutions
- CNH Industrial (Czechia) (CZ)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- South China Normal University (CN)
- Guangdong Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) (CN)
- Institute of Semiconductors (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-05-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73199-6
- Primary Topic
- Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China