2D Nanophotonics and Beyond

We are now living in an era of information explosion, and applications of portable devices are calling for new technologies to access/process larger volume of data within a much smaller physical size. The semiconductor industry has recognized the fact that traditional electronic solutions will not satisfy such requirements in the long term. The demand for ever-increasing data speed and chip functionalities call for downscaling photonic devices, similar to the trend in electronics. In this talk, I will present our current research at UC Berkeley focused on 2D materials, which are essential for the development of next generation nanophotonic and optoelectronic devices to solve such challenges. The talk will cover both 2D van der Waals materials and 2D meta-materials. Ultimately these approaches have profound impacts on critical areas such as high speed data communication and quantum computing.