Polaritons open up a new lane on the semiconductor highway
Date | 7th, Dec 2023 |
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Source | Phys.org - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
On the highway of heat transfer, thermal energy is moved by way of quantum particles called phonons. But at the nanoscale of today's most cutting-edge semiconductors, those phonons don't remove enough heat. That's why Purdue University researchers are focused on opening a new nanoscale lane on the heat transfer highway by using hybrid quasiparticles called "polaritons."