Optical multilayer structure and its production method, optical switching device, and image display

摘要

Provided is an optical multilayer structure having a simpler configuration, flexibility in selection of materials and improved reliability in wiring and capable of high-speed response even in a visible light range. A optical multilayer structure (1) comprises a first layer (11) being light-absorptive and making contact with a substrate (10), a gap portion (12) having as large a size as light interference phenomenon can occur and being capable of varying the size, and a second layer (13) being transparent in this order on the substrate (10). Where a complex refractive index of the first layer (11) is N1 (=n1-i.k1, n1 is a refractive index, k1 is an extinction coefficient, and i is an imaginary unit), a refractive index of the second layer (13) is n2, and a refractive index of an incident medium is 1.0, the optical multilayer structure (1) is configured so as to satisfy the following formula. 1 ${\left(n_1-\frac{n_2^2+1}{2}\right)}^2+k_1^2-{\left(\frac{n_2^2-1}{2}\right)}^2=0$