Electronically Reconfigurable Photonic Switches Incorporating Plasmonic Structures and Phase Change Materials (Adv. Sci. 20/2022)

Graphical Abstract \n Integrated Opto-Electronics \nIn-memory computing mimics biological neurons by collocating the memory and processing unit. In article number 2200383, Harish Bhaskaran and co-workers engineer a path to perform data-storage and computations by electronically modulating the intensity of light. By defining plasmonic structures to confine optical power to a nanoscale volume and by employing active phase-change materials, the authors demonstrate ultra-low energy, non-volatile switching with electrical and optical readout.