Effective plasmonic generation brings scientists closer to creating ultracompact light-based computers
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 05:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers from MIPT's Laboratory of 2-D Materials, Optoelectronics, Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, and Tohoku University (Japan) have theoretically demonstrated the possibility of creating compact sources of coherent plasmons, which are the basic building blocks for future optoelectronic circuits. The theoretical device is based on the unique properties of van der Waals heterostructures – composites of graphene and related layered materials. A paper detailing the study has been published in the journal Physical Review B.