Future of Data is Graphene
Indeed, scientists are reaching the end of the road for certain technologies for high-speed data transfer and are seeking new materials for the future of components for the processors responsible for this aspect of our ever more connected world. A material like graphene has the potential to be one of those materials.
The material is especially attractive because it works very well for exceptionally high electronic frequencies, extending into the technologically important terahertz (THz) range where most conventional electronic materials fail, researchers noted.
Prior to their latest work, the team had achieved a new understanding of the physics behind nonlinearity, which is now known as the thermodynamic picture of ultrafast electron transport in graphene, he said. But until now, they did not know how to control this property, “which was the missing link with respect to using graphene in everyday technologies,” Turchinovich said.