A rewritable platform for subwavelength optical components is demonstrated by combining surface phonon–polaritons, sustained in a polar dielectric layer, with the switching functionality provided by a phase-change material.
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Staude, I., Rockstuhl, C. To scatter or not to scatter. Nature Mater 15, 821–822 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4713
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