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CAREER: Electrically Reconfigurable Chiroptical Heterostructures based on Twisted Aligned — NSF Award to University of Utah (UT, $

Non-technical Description The interaction of chiral materials and devices with circularly polarized light creates new opportunities for applications in sensing, imaging, computing, and quantum photonic technologies. However, current chiroptical platforms face challenges, including limited understanding and electrical c

Award titleCAREER: Electrically Reconfigurable Chiroptical Heterostructures based on Twisted Aligned
Award ID2541942
AwardeeUniversity of Utah
CitySALT LAKE CITY
StateUT
Amount obligated$521,455
Principal investigatorWeilu Gao
ProgramEPMQD: Electronic, Photonic, M
Start date05/01/2026
AbstractNon-technical Description The interaction of chiral materials and devices with circularly polarized light creates new opportunities for applications in sensing, imaging, computing, and quantum photonic technologies. However, current chiroptical platforms face challenges, including limited understanding and electrical control of key chiroptical responses, a narrow range of material choices, manufacturing processes that are challenging to scale, and the lack of fast, accurate simulation and design
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