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?

Arquiteto atômica foi desenvolvida para a exposição da Royal Society Ciência Verão 2018 (link: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2018/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/atomic-architects/). Saiba pesquisas e notícias sobre este trabalho da Quantum Photonics Lab (link: qpl.eps.hw.ac.uk) na Universidade de Heriot-Watt.

Fazendo luz em Flatland

Vamos fazer a luz com materiais atomicamente finas!

Você é um elétron, viajando em materiais em camadas bidimensionais diferentes. Se você é capaz de encontrar um buraco em um semicondutor 2D, você pode criar uma partícula de luz (um fóton)

Infelizmente, vários obstáculos complicar seu caminho. Você poderia encontrar um phonon, uma vibração entre os átomos do cristal que aleatoriamente vai saltar-te ao redor e mudar sua energia. Algo semelhante vai acontecer se você se apressar em uma impureza. Mais assustador de todos, você poderia cair em uma armadilha de carga, e nunca mais voltar.

Você está pronto para o teste? você vai ganhar o desafio e criar a luz?

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?