New Polymer-Based Semiconductor: Harnessing The Power of Chirality


A technical paper titled “Subtle Molecular Changes Largely Modulate Chiral Helical Assemblies of Achiral Conjugated Polymers by Tuning Solution-State Aggregation” was published by researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University. Abstract: "Understanding the solution-state aggregate structure and the consequent hierarchical assembly of conjugated polymers is cr... » read more

Selected I-III-VI2 Semiconductors: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications (Université de Lorraine)


A technical paper titled “Selected I-III-VI2 Semiconductors: Synthesis, Properties and Applications in Photovoltaic Cells” was published by researchers at Université de Lorraine, CNRS. Abstract: "I–III–VI2 group quantum dots (QDs) have attracted high attention in photoelectronic conversion applications, especially for QD-sensitized solar cells (QDSSCs). This group of... » read more

Light-Matter Interaction In Van Der Waals Nanophotonic Devices


A technical paper titled “Deeply subwavelength integrated excitonic van der Waals nanophotonics” was published by researchers at University of California Los Angeles, University of Washington Seattle, and Auburn University. Abstract: "The wave nature of light sets a fundamental diffraction limit that challenges confinement and control of light in nanoscale structures with dimensions signi... » read more

Fabless Approach To Embed Active Nanophotonics in Bulk CMOS By Co-Designing The BEOL Layers For Optical Functionality (MIT)


A technical paper titled “Metal-Optic Nanophotonic Modulators in Standard CMOS Technology” was published by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Abstract: "Integrating nanophotonics with electronics promises revolutionary applications ranging from light detection and ranging (LiDAR) to holographic displays. Although semiconductor manufacturing of nanophotonics in Silicon ... » read more

Photonic-Electronic SmartNIC With Fast and Energy-Efficient Photonic Computing Cores (MIT)


A technical paper titled “Lightning: A Reconfigurable Photonic-Electronic SmartNIC for Fast and Energy-Efficient Inference” was published by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Abstract: "The massive growth of machine learning-based applications and the end of Moore's law have created a pressing need to redesign computing platforms. We propose Lightning, the first ... » read more

Hardware Security for Silicon Photonic-Based AI Accelerators


A technical paper titled “Integrated Photonic AI Accelerators under Hardware Security Attacks: Impacts and Countermeasures” was published by researchers at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and Colorado State University. Abstract: "Integrated photonics based on silicon photonics platform is driving several application domains, from enabling ultra-fast chip-scale communication in high-perfor... » read more

A New Layered Structure With 2D Material That Exhibits A Unique Transfer Of Energy And Charge


A technical paper titled “Excitation-Dependent High-Lying Excitonic Exchange via Interlayer Energy Transfer from Lower-to-Higher Bandgap 2D Material” was published by researchers at University of Warsaw, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and National Institute for Materials Science (Japan). Abstract: "High light absorption (∼15%) and strong photoluminescence (PL) emission in monolayer (1L... » read more

Modeling Optical Loss And Crosstalk Noise For Silicon-Photonic-Based Neural Networks Of Different Scales 


A technical paper titled “Analysis of Optical Loss and Crosstalk Noise in MZI-based Coherent Photonic Neural Networks" was published by researchers at Colorado State University (Fort Collins), NVIDIA, and Arizona State University. Abstract: "With the continuous increase in the size and complexity of machine learning models, the need for specialized hardware to efficiently run such model... » read more

How Band Nesting Can Achieve Near-Perfect Optical Absorption In Just Two Layers Of TMD Materials


A technical paper titled “Achieving near-perfect light absorption in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides through band nesting” was published by researchers at University of Minnesota, University of Notre Dame, and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Abstract: "Near-perfect light absorbers (NPLAs), with absorbance, λ, of at least 99%, have a wide ... » read more

Performance Enhancement Of An Si Photodetector By Incorporating Photon-Trapping Surface Structures


A technical paper titled “Achieving higher photoabsorption than group III-V semiconductors in ultrafast thin silicon photodetectors with integrated photon-trapping surface structures” was published by researchers at University of California Davis, W&WSens Devices Inc., and University of California Santa Cruz. Abstract: "The photosensitivity of silicon is inherently very low in the vis... » read more

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