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?

Architect atom telah dibangunkan untuk Pameran Royal Society Summer Sains 2018 (pautan: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/atomic-architects/). Cari penyelidikan dan berita tentang kerja ini dari Photonics Lab Quantum (link: qpl.eps.hw.ac.uk) di Universiti Heriot-Watt.

Membuat cahaya dalam Flatland

Mari kita membuat cahaya dengan bahan-bahan atom-nipis!

Anda di elektron, tujuan yang berbeza bahan berlapis dua dimensi. Jika anda mampu untuk memenuhi lubang di semikonduktor 2D, anda boleh membuat satu zarah cahaya (foton)

Malangnya, beberapa halangan merumitkan laluan anda. Anda boleh menghadapi fonon, getaran antara atom kristal yang secara rawak akan melantun anda sekitar dan menukarkan tenaga anda. Sesuatu yang serupa akan berlaku jika anda tergesa-gesa ke junub yang. Paling menakutkan sekali, anda boleh jatuh ke dalam perangkap bertanggungjawab, dan tidak pernah kembali.

Adakah anda sehingga ujian ini? anda akan memenangi cabaran dan mewujudkan cahaya?

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?