Bacterially synthesized tellurium nanostructures for broadband ultrafast nonlinear optical applications

Tellurium has two-dimensional phases and some Weyl nodes around its Femi level that make it a suitable candidate for the study and application in nonlinear optics. Here the authors show the synthesis and use of bio-grown optical Te(0) nanoparticles for optical modulation and thermo-optic switching.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kangpeng Wang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Ivan M. Kislyakov, Ningning Dong, Saifeng Zhang, Gaozhong Wang, Jintai Fan, Xiao Zou, Juan Du, Yuxin Leng, Quanzhong Zhao, Kan Wu, Jianping Chen, Shaun M. Baesman, Kang-Shyang Liao, Surendra Maharjan, Hongzhou Zhang, Long Zhang, Seamus A. Curran, Ronald S. Oremland, Werner J. Blau, Jun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11898-z