Tiny On-Chip Valleytronics Circuit Turns Light Into Information
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Monash University researchers have built a nanoscale, on-chip valleytronics circuit that can generate, direct, and read light-based signals in a single device, using ultra-thin materials and metasurfaces to manipulate photons via the valley degree of freedom; operating at room temperature, the chip demonstrated processing of two simultaneous images, highlighting potential for faster, energy-efficient photonic and quantum computing and communication.
Topics:sciencetechnology#metasurfaces#on-chip#photonics#quantum-information#technology#valleytronics
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