New Group Of Non-vdW 2D Materials Derived From Non-Layered Crystals Exhibiting Ultra Low Exfoliation Energies


A new technical paper titled "A New Group of 2D Non-van der Waals Materials with Ultra Low Exfoliation Energies" was published by TU Dresden, HZDR, and Aalto University. Abstract: "The exfoliation energy—quantifying the energy required to extract a two-dimensional (2D) sheet from the surface of a bulk material—is a key parameter determining the synthesizability of 2D compounds. Here, ... » read more

Surface-Activated ALD For Room-Temperature Bonding of Al2O3


A new technical paper titled "Room-temperature bonding of Al2O3 thin films deposited using atomic layer deposition" was published by researchers at Kyushu University. Abstract "In this study, room-temperature wafer bonding of Al2O3 thin films on Si thermal oxide wafers, which were deposited using atomic layer deposition (ALD), was realized using the surface-activated bonding (SAB) metho... » read more

Using Photonic Band Gap in Triangular SiC Structures for Efficient Quantum Nanophotonic HW


A new technical paper titled "Utilizing photonic band gap in triangular silicon carbide structures for efficient quantum nanophotonic hardware" was published by researchers at UC Davis. Abstract: "Silicon carbide is among the leading quantum information material platforms due to the long spin coherence and single-photon emitting properties of its color center defects. Applications of silico... » read more

Photonics: GaSb/SiN Tunable Hybrid Integrated Laser


A new technical paper titled "Widely tunable 2 µm hybrid laser using GaSb semiconductor optical amplifiers and a Si3N4 photonics integrated reflector" was published by researchers at Tampere University in Finland. Abstract: "Tunable lasers emitting in the 2–3 µm wavelength range that are compatible with photonic integration platforms are of great interest for sensing applications. To ... » read more

Easy-To-Use Mechanical Frequency Comb Platform (TU Delft)


A new technical paper titled "Mechanical overtone frequency combs" was published by researchers at Delft University of Technology, Ahmedabad University and NIST. Abstract "Mechanical frequency combs are poised to bring the applications and utility of optical frequency combs into the mechanical domain. So far, their main challenge has been strict requirements on drive frequencies and power,... » read more

Integrating MEMS with Standardized Silicon Photonics Technology


A new technical paper titled "Integrated silicon photonic MEMS" was published by researchers at EPFL, University of Sydney, CSEM, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Ghent University, Imec, and Tyndall National Institute. Abstract Excerpt "Here, we introduce a silicon photonic MEMS platform consisting of high-performance nano-opto-electromechanical devices fully integrated alongside standar... » read more

Fast Time-Resolved Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) for Nanostructures


A new technical paper titled "Externally-triggerable optical pump-probe scanning tunneling microscopy with a time resolution of tens-picosecond" was published by researchers at University of Tsukuba and UNISOKU Co. According to the U. of Tsukaba news article, "OPP STM is an essential method for measuring photo-induced charge carrier dynamics in nanostructures, but requires technical advances... » read more

Technique For Printing Electronic Circuits Onto Curved & Corrugated Surfaces Using Metal Nanowires (NC State)


A technical paper titled "Curvilinear soft electronics by micromolding of metal nanowires in capillaries" was published by researchers at North Carolina State University. “We’ve developed a technique that doesn’t require binding agents and that allows us to print on a variety of curvilinear surfaces,” says Yuxuan Liu, first author of the paper and a Ph.D. student at NC State in this ... » read more

Multi-Wavelength, Multimode Communication Scheme For On-Chip and Chip-to-Chip Interconnects


A technical paper titled "Multi-dimensional data transmission using inverse-designed silicon photonics and microcombs" was published by researchers at Stanford, Harvard, University of Central Florida, NIST, and others. "Here we demonstrate an integrated multi-dimensional communication scheme that combines wavelength- and mode- multiplexing on a silicon photonic circuit. Using foundry-compati... » read more

Ultrafast Optical Chirality Logic Gates (Aalto University)


A technical paper titled "Chirality logic gates" was published by researchers at Aalto University (Finland), National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (Beijing), and University of Cambridge. Abstract (partial) "The ever-growing demand for faster and more efficient data transfer and processing has brought optical computation strategies to the forefront of research in next-generation com... » read more

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