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All-optical switches have arisen great attention due to their ultrafast speed as compared with electric switches. However, the excellent optical properties and strong interaction of two-dimensional (2D) material MXene show great potentials in next-generation all-optical switching. As a solution, we propose all-optical switching used Au/MXene with switching full width at half maximum (FWHM) operating at 290 fs. Compared with pure MXene, the Au/MXene behaves outstanding performances due to local surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), including broadband differential transmission, strong near-infrared on/off ratio enhancement. Remarkably, this study enhances understanding of Au/MXene based ultrafast all-optical switching red-shifted about 34 nm in comparison to MXene, validating all optical properties of Au/MXene opening the way to the implementation of optical interconnection and optical switching.
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The research was partially supported by the funding of the Science and Technology Development Fund (Grant Nos. 007/2017/A1 and 132/2017/A3), Macao Special Administration Region (SAR), China, and the National Natural Science Fundation of China (Grant Nos. 61875138, 61435010, and 6181101252); King Khalid University through Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS) (Grant Nos. RCAMS/KKU/006/21); and the Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen (Grant Nos. KQTD2015032416270385, JCYJ20150625103619275, JCYJ20170811093 453105, KCXFZ20201221173413038, and JCYJ20190806163805286).
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Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., Du, B. et al. Au/MXene based ultrafast all-optical switching. Front. Phys. 18, 33301 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-022-1248-0
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