«Research gives optical switches the «contrast» of
electronic transistors.»
«In a sense, the device acts as the photonic equivalent to
electronic transistors, which switch electric currents in response to other electric currents,» says Dr. Barak Dayan, head of the Weizmann Institute's Quantum Optics group, including Itay Shomroni, Serge Rosenblum, Yulia Lovsky, Orel Bechler and Gabriel Guendleman of the Chemical Physics Department in the Faculty of Chemistry.
Electronic transistors, which act as miniature switches for controlling the flow of electrical current, underpin modern - day microelectronics and computers.
Hence, Vivek Krishnamurthy from the A * STAR Data Storage Institute and co-workers in Singapore and the United States are developing a practical «photonic transistor» for optical interconnects that can control light signals in a similar manner to
electronic transistors.
Sandwiched in between are many layers of metal needed to connect the silicon
electronic transistors together.
Unlike conventional
electronic transistors, spintronic devices encode and communicate information, not with the electric currents, but rather with the spin currents or spin waves.
«Therefore, for the first time, we have an optical device with output that truly resembles
an electronic transistor.»
Not exact matches
«This is a material that we are very familiar with,» explains Professor Lieven Vandersypen of QuTech and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, «Silicon is widely used in
transistors and so can be found in all
electronic devices.»
Transistors are at the heart of the
electronic circuits that make modern computers possible.
Electronic components such as
transistors and amplifiers with adaptive functions could be reduced to single, complex molecules.
Natelson's research involves complicated electron flow through single - molecule
transistors, as well as organic semiconductors — carbon - based materials that are intended to replace silicon
transistors in some
electronic devices.
Solid - state systems, such as those in computers and communication devices, use electrons; their
electronic signaling and power are controlled by field - effect
transistors.
What you get is a corannulene (C20H10), a molecule that, according to a just - published study conducted with SISSA's collaboration, could be an important component of future «molecular circuits,» that is, circuits miniaturized to the size of molecules, to be used for various kinds of
electronic devices (
transistors, diodes, etc.).
This development is promising for new
electronic devices that interact with light, such as new kinds of
transistors, superconducting switches and gas sensors.
For several years, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas has investigated various materials in search of those whose electrical properties might make them suitable for small, energy - efficient
transistors to power next - generation
electronic devices.
New types of solar cells and flexible
transistors are also in the works, as well as pressure and temperature sensors that could be built into
electronic skin for robotic or bionic applications.
Researchers have created the first superconducting device that behaves like a
transistor, an achievement that could provide the
electronic circuitry for specialized telescope sensors and other low - temperature gadgets.
Already, the researchers have found that the 2 - D zinc oxide nanosheets they've grown are able to function as semiconductor
transistors called a p - type, the opposite
electronic behavior of naturally occurring zinc oxide.
The device used a new process to make this world record - setting organic
transistor, paving the way for a new generation of cheap, transparent
electronic devices.
Two university research teams have worked together to produce the world's fastest thin - film organic
transistors, proving that this experimental technology has the potential to achieve the performance needed for high - resolution television screens and similar
electronic devices.
The result is similar to what happens with
transistors in
electronic circuits, where a voltage applied at one electrode controls whether current can flow between two other electrodes.
Here, «classical»
electronic components like circuits and
transistors are implemented on scales of less than 100 nanometers.
This energy barrier could prove useful in designing next generation
electronic devices, such as vertical tunneling field effect
transistors, Robinson said.
Like its
electronic cousin, the bio
transistor should be able to work within all sorts of biological circuitry.
Today's
electronic devices are powered by
transistors, which are tiny silicon structures that rely on negatively charged electrons moving through the silicon, forming an electric current.
This facilitates their application in
transistors and other
electronic devices because, unlike graphene, their electrical conductance can be switched off.
These ultra-thin carbon filaments have high mobility, high transparency and electric conductivity, making them ideal for performing
electronic tasks and making flexible
electronic devices like thin film
transistors, the on - off switches at the heart of digital
electronic systems.
Novoselov says the miniature
transistor will be well suited for the demands of ever - shrinking
electronic devices, which require a lot of power packed into a small area.
Electronic devices are close to this extreme, as they contain only a few types of parts, like resistors, capacitors, and
transistors.
With no natural energy band - gap, however, graphene's superfast conductance can't be switched off, a serious drawback for
transistors and other
electronic devices.
The new method should reduce the time nano manufacturing firms spend in trial - and - error searches for materials to make
electronic devices such as solar cells, organic
transistors and organic light - emitting diodes.
It was roughly 15 years ago that carbon nanotubes were first fashioned into
transistors, the on - off switches at the heart of digital
electronic systems.
The one - atom - thick carbon sheets could revolutionize the way
electronic devices are manufactured and lead to faster
transistors, cheaper solar cells, new types of sensors and more efficient bioelectric sensory devices.
Last year an international team achieved the next astonishing milestone in downsizing: They devised a way to make a single - atom
transistor, the smallest possible
electronic switch.
The results were impressive: The Number One
Electronic Switching System, which DeMarco worked on; the Telstar 1, the first orbiting communication satellite; the laser; the metal - oxide semiconductor field - effect
transistor; and the touchtone telephone.
«An analogy from conventional computing hardware would be that we have finally worked out how to build a
transistor with good enough performance to make logic circuits, but the technology for wiring thousands of those
transistors together to build an
electronic computer is still in its infancy.»
Graphene nanostructures can form the
transistors, logic gates, and other elements of exquisitely tiny
electronic devices, but to become practical they will have to be mass produced with atomic precision.
In the two papers, Kumar and Lou reported detecting antiferromagnetism in the two types of silicon — called n - type and p - type — used in
transistors and other
electronic components.
As a result, the team designed a new type of
transistor — with the concept published in the journal Applied Physics Letters — that could open new routes for graphene - based high - speed
electronic and optoelectronic devices.
The transport of these electrons as a current can be encouraged or discouraged by a voltage applied to an overlying electrostatic gate, pretty much the same arrangement used to move currents through field - effect -
transistors (FETs), one of the universal components of myriad
electronic devices.
The semiconductor industry, which has a thirst for speeding up computer chips,
transistors, and other
electronic devices, likewise wouldn't mind getting a taste of some attoseconds.
With today's device microprocessors, electric current passes through
transistors, which are essentially very small
electronic switches.
In future, even
electronic switches could be replaced by nanomechanical switches, which would use less energy for switching on and off than conventional
transistors.
Smaller, faster, cooler: graphene
transistors show promise for practical analog signal processors, for magnetic memory devices, and for self - cooling
electronic circuits.
The structural investigations of model organic systems like pentacene in the monolayer regime is very important for fundamental understanding of the initial nucleation process together with the
electronic performance of
transistor devices.
The new method could yield improved and new classes of
electronic and optoelectronic devices, including applications for superfast and ultra-efficient semiconductors for
transistors in computers and smart devices, as well as advanced LEDs and lasers.
All
electronic devices in our daily lives - computers, smartphones etc. — consist of billions of
transistors, the key building block invented in Bell Labs in the late 1940s.
Meanwhile, Bastion and
Transistor composer Darren Korb cooks up another killer soundtrack, combining fantasy tropes with
electronic beats and the occasional grungy guitar hook.
The
transistor could enable smaller, less power - hungry devices; it could not handle the power that the
electronic products of that age — tabletop radios, floor - standing televisions, and early digital computers — required.
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