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US20190049755A1

Switchable optical filter for imaging and optical beam modulation

University of North Texas

Abstract

The present application discloses embodiments of a switchable optical filter that is based on carrier injection induced semiconductor to metal phase transition (SMT) of vanadium oxide-based (e.g., VO 2 ) thin films which can reversibly change from optically transparent to opaque while undergoing …

University
University of North Texas
Assignee
University Of North Texas
Inventor
Athanasios J. Syllaios
Priority date
August 08, 2017
Filing date
August 08, 2018
Publication date
February 14, 2019
Language
en
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