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conductor gated oxide-based electric-double-layer transistors, for which some important synaptic functions were successfully mimicked. Such works were inspired by
the energy-efficient and cognitive computational ability of a biological brain, and
building blocks for brain-like computers have been therefore under development.
It can be concluded that all these examples, subjects and investigations together
show how interdisciplinary, challenging and important research activities on various quantum structures and functionalised nanomaterials have become over the past
decades. Indeed, the evidenced remarkable progress can be understood as a consequence of previous and recent breakthroughs in materials sciences, quantum physics
and optoelectronics, strongly motivating further investigations. The following chapters discuss some of the relevant topics in these fields within the frame of this work.
References
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Applied Physics (Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2016)
2. G. Eisenstein, D. Bimberg, Green Photonics and Electronics (Springer, Cham, 2017)
3. S.K. Sharma, K. Ali (eds.), Solar Cells: From Materials to Device Technology (Springer, Cham,
2020)
4. C. Brosseau, Emerging technologies of plastic carbon nanoelectronics: a review. Surf. Coat.
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and macroelectronics. Semicond. Sci. Technol. 29, 073001 (2014)
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H. Fuchs, E. Giacobino, M. Grassl, P. Hänggi, W.M. Heckl, I.-V. Hertel, S. Huelga, F. Jelezko,
B. Keimer, J.P. Kotthaus, G. Leuchs, N. Lütkenhaus, U. Maurer, T. Pfau, M.B. Plenio, E.M.
Rasel, O. Renn, C. Silberhorn, J. Schiedmayer, D. Schmitt-Landsiedel, K. Schönhammer, A.
Ustinov, P. Walther, H. Weinfurter, E. Welzl, R. Wiesendanger, S. Wolf, A. Zeilinger, P. Zoller,
Quantum technology: from research to application. Appl. Phys. B 122, 130 (2016)
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Glaser, F. Jelezko, S. Kuhr, M. Lewenstein, M.F. Riedel, P.O. Schmidt, R. Thew, A. Wallraff,
I. Walmsley, F.K. Wilhelm, The quantum technologies roadmap: a European community view.
New J. Phys. 20, 080201 (2018)
11. K. Vahala, Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, 2004)
12. A. Kavokin, G. Malpuech, Cavity Polaritons (Academic Press, 2003)
13. B. Deveaud, The Physics of Semiconductor Microcavities (WILEY-VCH, 2007)
14. C.F. Klingshirn, Semiconductor Optics (Springer, 2012)
15. A.V. Kavokin, J.J. Baumberg, G. Malpuech, F.P. Laussy, Microcavities, vol. 1 (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017)
16. A. Rahimi-Iman, Polariton Physics: From Dynamic Bose–Einstein Condensates in StronglyCoupled Light–Matter Systems to Polariton Lasers, vol. 229, Springer Series in Optical Sciences (Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2020)
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conductor gated oxide-based electric-double-layer transistors, for which some important synaptic functions were successfully mimicked. Such works were inspired by
the energy-efficient and cognitive computational ability of a biological brain, and
building blocks for brain-like computers have been therefore under development.
It can be concluded that all these examples, subjects and investigations together
show how interdisciplinary, challenging and important research activities on various quantum structures and functionalised nanomaterials have become over the past
decades. Indeed, the evidenced remarkable progress can be understood as a consequence of previous and recent breakthroughs in materials sciences, quantum physics
and optoelectronics, strongly motivating further investigations. The following chapters discuss some of the relevant topics in these fields within the frame of this work.
References
1. L. Pavesi, D.J. Lockwood (eds.), Silicon Photonics III: Systems and Applications, Topics in
Applied Physics (Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2016)
2. G. Eisenstein, D. Bimberg, Green Photonics and Electronics (Springer, Cham, 2017)
3. S.K. Sharma, K. Ali (eds.), Solar Cells: From Materials to Device Technology (Springer, Cham,
2020)
4. C. Brosseau, Emerging technologies of plastic carbon nanoelectronics: a review. Surf. Coat.
Technol. 206, 753–758 (2011)
5. D. Akinwande, N. Petrone, J. Hone, Two-dimensional flexible nanoelectronics. Nat. Commun.
5, 5678 (2014)
6. Y. Che, H. Chen, H. Gui, J. Liu, B. Liu, C. Zhou, Review of carbon nanotube nanoelectronics
and macroelectronics. Semicond. Sci. Technol. 29, 073001 (2014)
7. J.L. O’Brien, A. Furusawa, J. Vuˇ ckovi´ c, Photonic quantum technologies. Nat. Photonics 3,
687–695 (2009)
8. M. Razeghi, Technology of Quantum Devices (Springer, New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London, 2010)
9. W.P. Schleich, K.S. Ranade, C. Anton, M. Arndt, M. Aspelmeyer, M. Bayer, G. Berg, T. Calarco,
H. Fuchs, E. Giacobino, M. Grassl, P. Hänggi, W.M. Heckl, I.-V. Hertel, S. Huelga, F. Jelezko,
B. Keimer, J.P. Kotthaus, G. Leuchs, N. Lütkenhaus, U. Maurer, T. Pfau, M.B. Plenio, E.M.
Rasel, O. Renn, C. Silberhorn, J. Schiedmayer, D. Schmitt-Landsiedel, K. Schönhammer, A.
Ustinov, P. Walther, H. Weinfurter, E. Welzl, R. Wiesendanger, S. Wolf, A. Zeilinger, P. Zoller,
Quantum technology: from research to application. Appl. Phys. B 122, 130 (2016)
10. A. Acín, I. Bloch, H. Buhrman, T. Calarco, C. Eichler, J. Eisert, D. Esteve, N. Gisin, S.J.
Glaser, F. Jelezko, S. Kuhr, M. Lewenstein, M.F. Riedel, P.O. Schmidt, R. Thew, A. Wallraff,
I. Walmsley, F.K. Wilhelm, The quantum technologies roadmap: a European community view.
New J. Phys. 20, 080201 (2018)
11. K. Vahala, Optical Microcavities (World Scientific, 2004)
12. A. Kavokin, G. Malpuech, Cavity Polaritons (Academic Press, 2003)
13. B. Deveaud, The Physics of Semiconductor Microcavities (WILEY-VCH, 2007)
14. C.F. Klingshirn, Semiconductor Optics (Springer, 2012)
15. A.V. Kavokin, J.J. Baumberg, G. Malpuech, F.P. Laussy, Microcavities, vol. 1 (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017)
16. A. Rahimi-Iman, Polariton Physics: From Dynamic Bose–Einstein Condensates in StronglyCoupled Light–Matter Systems to Polariton Lasers, vol. 229, Springer Series in Optical Sciences (Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2020)