Strainoptronics: A new way to control photons

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 23, 2020

Researchers discovered a new way to engineer optoelectronic devices by stretching a two-dimensional material on top of a silicon photonic platform. Using this method, coined strainoptronics by a team led by George Washington University professor Volker Sorger, the researchers demonstrated for the first time that a 2D material wrapped around a nanoscale silicon photonic waveguide creates a novel