CRC 1459 - C08: Intelligent colour centre networks

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Description

In this project we will integrate colour centres with plasmonic junctions to develop electrically driven nanoscale light sources. Combined with the responsiveness to external stimuli of colour centres, we aim to develop networks of adaptive opto-electronic devices showing forms of intelligent behaviour, such as synapse-like learning by introducing feedback loops between emitters leading to time-dependent emission behaviour. To comprehend the manipulation and utilization of emitters for intelligent material applications, we will employ optical far- and near-field techniques. Our perspective goal is to demonstrate coupling of emitters into small networks that show the possibility of reservoir computing, or temporal computing schemes that mimic synapses.