Atomic Architects

Atomic Architect has been developed for the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2018 (link: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/atomic-architects/). Find out research and news about this work from the Quantum Photonics Lab (link: qpl.eps.hw.ac.uk) at Heriot-Watt University.

Making light in Flatland

Let's make light with atomically-thin materials!

You are an electron, travelling on different two-dimensional layered materials. If you are able to meet a hole in a 2D semiconductor, you can create a particle of light (a photon)

Unfortunately, several obstacles complicate your path. You could encounter a phonon, a vibration among the atoms of the crystal that will randomly bounce you around and change your energy. Something similar will happen if you rush into an impurity. Scariest of all, you could fall into a charge trap, and never come back.

Are you up to the test? Will you win the challenge and create light?

Atomic Architect wurde für die Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2018 (: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/atomic-architects/ Link) entwickelt. Finden Sie heraus, Forschung und Nachrichten über diese Arbeit von der Quantum Photonics Lab (Link: qpl.eps.hw.ac.uk) an der Heriot-Watt University.

Herstellung von Licht in Flatland

Lassen Sie sich Licht mit atomar dünnen Materialien machen!

Sie sind ein Elektron auf unterschiedlichen zweidimensionalen Schichtmaterialien reisen. Wenn Sie in der Lage sind, ein Loch in einem 2D-Halbleiter gerecht zu werden, können Sie ein Lichtteilchen (Photon) erstellen

Leider erschweren mehrere Hindernisse Ihren Weg. Sie könnten unter den Atomen des Kristalls, die Sie zufällig um hüpft und ändern Sie Ihre Energie ein Phonon, eine Schwingung begegnen. Etwas Ähnliches passiert, wenn Sie in eine Verunreinigung stürzen. Gruseligsten aller, könnten Sie in eine Ladungsfalle fallen und nicht wieder kommen.

Sind Sie auf die Probe nach oben? Werden Sie die Herausforderung gewinnen und Licht schaffen?

Atomic Architect has been developed for the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2018 (link: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/atomic-architects/). Find out research and news about this work from the Quantum Photonics Lab (link: qpl.eps.hw.ac.uk) at Heriot-Watt University.

Making light in Flatland

Let's make light with atomically-thin materials!

You are an electron, travelling on different two-dimensional layered materials. If you are able to meet a hole in a 2D semiconductor, you can create a particle of light (a photon)

Unfortunately, several obstacles complicate your path. You could encounter a phonon, a vibration among the atoms of the crystal that will randomly bounce you around and change your energy. Something similar will happen if you rush into an impurity. Scariest of all, you could fall into a charge trap, and never come back.

Are you up to the test? Will you win the challenge and create light?