Dressing electrons with a rotating field of laser light creates distinct, controllable states, opening the door for innovative electronics.
The Science
A new semiconducting material that is only three atomic-layers thick has emerged with more exotic, malleable electronic properties than those of traditional semiconductors. These properties come from electrons, like a ball rolling down a hill to a valley, that prefer the lower energy levels at the bottom of electronic energy “valleys.” Now, the valley depth can be shifted optically and with extreme speed with sculpted laser pulses.
The Impact
Layered materials where electrons are constrained to two dimensions can be engineered into novel electronic structures with unique electronic and optical properties. Optical manipulation of electrons can lead to new modes of energy conversion and computational devices such as electronics based on energy valleys states instead of conventional electronics based on charge flows and accumulation.
Summary
A new ultra-thin semiconducting material (tungsten disulfide or WS2) consists of three atomic layers in an “atomic sandwich” configuration with a heavy metal tungsten atom layer between lighter element sulfur atom layers. The material is quasi-two dimensional, just three atoms thick, and exhibits a unique electronic structure with subtle differences depending on the direction relative to the repeating atomic bonds in the layer plane. The differences create two distinct but similar valleys in the electronic structure, where electrons can accumulate with different directions, but with associated energy levels and gaps that are equal.
Adding a specific type of laser beam, where the polarization direction (the direction of interacting electric forces) rotates as the light propagates, creates a new type of electron energy structure that can be probed and manipulated. The electron structural landscape, which began with two similar valleys, can also be made to have different distinct valleys with different energy depths. The valley depth can now be manipulated with light to encode information like zeroes and ones for conventional data. Additionally, changing the energy of the valleys with light allows for fast manipulation without the need for contact with complex electrodes as in conventional electronics.
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