Solid State Superatoms
Lead Research Organisation:
Cardiff University
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Askey J
(2022)
Asymmetric dual Bloch point domain walls in cylindrical magnetic nanowires
in APL Materials
Gallagher L
(2022)
Microwave-optical coupling via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide
in Physical Review Research
Lynch S
(2017)
Solid state superatoms: Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide
Lynch S
(2021)
Rydberg excitons in synthetic cuprous oxide Cu 2 O
in Physical Review Materials
Rogers J
(2022)
High-resolution nanosecond spectroscopy of even-parity Rydberg excitons in Cu 2 O
in Physical Review B
| Description | We published a comprehensive study comparing the properties of natural gemstone quality cuprous oxide and state-of-the-art synthetic material. Previously, cuprous oxide had been seen as a lab curiosity because the interesting quantum properties had only been observed in natural gemstone quality material. We showed that is possible to produce large-scale bulk synthetic material with comparable optical properties to natural gemstone material. This represents a significant step change because it shows that there is a viable technological route towards harnessing the quantum optical properties of this extraordinary semiconductor material. |
| Exploitation Route | Our work provides the foundation on which a viable technological exploitation route can now be built. |
| Sectors | Electronics |