Semiconductors are at the heart of most electronics. We explain what semiconductors are, how they work, and just how tiny those transistors can get.

Semiconductor Fano lasers—Leveraging interference effects known as Fano resonances, these lasers can generate ultrashort optical pulses and exhibit improved spectral properties, offering new ...

Semiconductor moiré superlattices are fascinating material structures that have been found to be promising for studying correlated electron states and quantum physics phenomena. These structures ...

California's Silicon Valley and Utah's Silicon Slopes are named for the element most associated with semiconductors, the backbone of the computer revolution. Anything computerized or electronic ...

In a first, Australian scientists turned to quantum machine learning to model semiconductor design, outperforming classical ...

A former “D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory ...

The course covers fundamental solid-state and semiconductor physics relevant for understanding electronic devices. Topics include quantum mechanics of electrons in solids, crystalline structures, band ...

Hydrodynamic models in semiconductor physics provide a macroscopic framework for describing carrier transport by utilising fluid dynamics analogues. These models, which typically incorporate the ...

Multi-physics is the new buzzword in semiconductor design and analysis, but the fuzziness of the term is a reflection of just how many new and existing problems need to be addressed simultaneously in ...

While completing his first physics master’s in France, he began an internship at C2N, a lab focused on nanoelectronics and semiconductors, a term that encompasses a range of materials with electrical ...

The course covers fundamental solid-state and semiconductor physics relevant for understanding electronic devices. Topics include quantum mechanics of electrons in solids, crystalline structures, ban ...