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Materials Horizons

Toward non-volatile photonic memory: concept, material and design

Yongbiao Zhai, Jia‐Qin Yang, Ye Zhou, Jingyu Mao, Yi Ren, Vellaisamy A. L. Roy, Su‐Ting Han

Published Jan 1, 2018• 120 citations
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Abstract

This review presents the development of photonic memory, with a view towards inspiring more intriguing ideas on the elegant selection of materials and design of novel device structures that may finally induce major progress in the fabrication and application of photonic memory.
DOI
10.1039/c8mh00110c

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