Plasmonic Detector (IMAGE)

Duke University

Plasmonic Detector

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This is an artistic rendering of a new type of hyperspectral imaging detector. Depending on their size and spacing, nanocubes sitting on top of a thin layer of gold trap specific frequencies of light, which heats up the materials beneath to create an electronic signal.

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Jon Stewart, Duke University

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