The complex interactions between graphene and light are now much better understood thanks to work under the GRASP project. The outcomes of the four-year research lay the groundwork for future technologies exploiting nonlinear optical effects.
Besides their importance in the understanding of fundamental physics, nonlinear optical effects are also key to important applications such as quantum computing, biomedicine or all-optical switching. But there are still many obstacles to exploiting their full potential, one of them being the actuation of nonlinear optical effects at ultra-low powers and on chip-scale devices.
Further details: Using graphene as a supercharged magnifying glass