We introduce multilayer structures with the phase-change material germanium-antimony-tellurium (GST) for use as broadband switchable absorbers in the infrared wavelength range. We use a memetic optimization algorithm coupled with the transfer-matrix method to optimize both the material composition and the layer thicknesses of the multilayer structures. We show that in the optimized structures near perfect absorption can be switched to very low absorption in a broad wavelength range by switching GST from its crystalline to its amorphous phase. Our results could pave the way to a new class of broadband switchable absorbers and thermal sources in the infrared wavelength range.
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