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Quantum materials offer modulator hope

Manipulating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light is notoriously challenging owing to the lack of efficient light modulators. Quantum materials with properties controllable by light may provide an answer.

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Fig. 1: Writing and erasing a grating in 1T-TaS2.

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Dürr, H.A. Quantum materials offer modulator hope. Nat. Photon. 18, 404–405 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01430-1

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