Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019).

The continuing demand to increase the performance, functionality, and computational power of electronicx000D
devices while decreasing the energy consumption has created new market opportunities in consumer electronicx000D
and information technology industries. We have recently formulated a new platform technology based onx000D
electrically-doped semiconductor nanostructures that exhibit confined light-induced collective resonantx000D
oscillation of free charge carriers, known as localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). The phenomenon ofx000D
LSPR has traditionally been associated with metal nanoparticles, however, the possibility to control chargex000D
carrier type and density in semiconductor nanocrystals has lead to the recent emergence of colloidal plasmonicx000D
semiconductor and metal oxide nanocrystals. We have recently designed and fabricated a class of plasmonicx000D
semiconductor nanocrystals and nanowires that show a robust interaction between LSPR and exciton at roomx000D
temperature and in nanocrystals as small as ca. 5 nm. This interaction is intrinsic in nature and is enabled byx000D
non-resonant coupling of LSPR and the semiconductor electronic bands, leading to the band splitting and thex000D
formation of two carrier channels which can be used to carry and store information (qubits). This technologyx000D
represents a radically new approach to non-volatile electronic information processing and storage, and possiblyx000D
quantum computing, with significant advantages over the existing technologies.