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Optoelectronics & Photonics | Nanoscience & Nanomaterials

Photon-Triggered Nanowire Transistors a Step Toward Optical Computing

By Dexter Johnson August 11, 2017

In these photon-triggered transistors electric currents are switched and amplified just like conventional all-electronic transistors.

Read the article in IEEE Spectrum.

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