Join
us
for
Quantum
Today,
where
we
sit
down
with
researchers
from
the
University
of
Waterloo’s
Institute
for
Quantum
Computing
(IQC)
to
talk
about
their
work,
its
impact
and
where
their
research
may
lead.
Materials
that
absorb
many
different
colours
of
light
efficiently
are
essential
to
build
powerful
optical
sensors,
with
applications
in
health
care,
precision
imaging,
quantum
communication,
and
more.
By
carefully
designing
an
array
of
semiconductor
nanowires,
IQC
researchers
have
built
a
metamaterial
that
efficiently
absorbs
light
across
a
wide
range
of
colours
where
common
sensors
often
fail.
In
this
instalment
of
Quantum
Today,
Professor
Michael
Reimer
and
Dr.
Sasan
V.
Grayli
from
IQC
and
the
Department
of
Electrical
&
Computer
Engineering
discuss
their
recent
result
and
how
it
may
be
used
in
future
technologies.
Find
their
publication,
titled
“Semiconductor
nanowire
metamaterial
for
broadband
near-unity
absorption”
in
Scientific
Reports
and
on
the
arXiv.