Georgia Tech Professor Walt de Heer predicts that Graphene will not follow the model of using standard field-effect transistors, but will pursue devices that use ballistic conductors and quantum interference. The Professor's research team hopes to show a basic quantum interference switch within a year.
Taking advantage of the wave properties will allow electrons to be manipulated with techniques similar to optical control, for instance switching may be carried out using interference - separating beams of electrons and then recombining them in or out of phase to switch the signal.
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Posted: Mar 24,2011 by Ron Mertens
