| Project Detail |
Brighter benefits for spatial light modulators Advancements in manufacturing technologies, AI, and automation have enabled the production of smaller and more precise components, leading to significant changes across various sectors. The ERC-funded StEnSo project aims to leverage these advancements to research and develop a novel concept of spatial light modulators that use strain engineering of two-dimensional semiconducting materials. The project will build on previous research, particularly findings related to the effects of mechanical deformation on the large refractive index tunability of 2D semiconducting materials. The results are expected to offer substantial benefits for applications throughout the photonics sector. The main goal of StEnSo is to explore a new concept of spatial light modulators based on strain engineering of two-dimensional semiconducting materials. Spatial light modulators allow for the creation of two-dimensional light patterns and have found many applications in photonics: image projection, holography, aberrations correction, laser surgery, optical tweezers, etc. These devices typically consist of an array of pixels that individually control the phase or amplitude of light passing through it or reflecting off it. In StEnSo I will exploit the large refractive index tunability of 2D semiconducting materials upon mechanical deformation, studied in my ERC StG 2D-TOPSENSE, to fabricate a new concept of spatial light modulator device. |
