Optical properties of two-dimensional materials for potential advancements to infrared technology

University of Arkansas researchers have studied the optical characteristics of a special type of material made of a single layer of phosphorus atoms for the benefit of detecting and interacting with infrared light, which is invisible not only to the human eye but to many other materials proposed for use in optoelectronic systems.

Such systems strive to utilize light alongside electrons to speed up processing and to reduce heating and other energy-wasters in our ever-growing plethora of computational devices.

The group of researchers in the Department of Physics published their findings in a recent issue of Scientific Reports, a journal from the publishers of Nature, helping to advance the understanding of black phosphorus as an optically useful material. Physics doctoral student Desalegn Debu was the first author of this theoretical and computational work titled Tuning Infrared Plasmon Resonance of Black Phosphorene Nanoribbon with a Dielectric Interface. Other authors include Stephen Bauman and David French, University of Arkansas graduate students; and Hugh Churchill and Joseph Herzog, assistant professors in the Department of Physics.

Articolo integrale: https://phys.org/news/2018-02-optical-properties-two-dimensional-materials-potential.html

Optical properties of two-dimensional materials for potential advancements to infrared technology

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