Just another scientific newsblip.

Graphene, a single molecule-thick, the miracle material that can do just about anything… assuming you can get it to work “at scale” and figure out how to produce it industrially in the right quantities, a pastime which has downed many a brilliant startup biz plan along the way. Great way to stash Carbon, guys!

Terahertz waves (THz) sit between microwaves and infrared in the light frequency spectrum, but due to their low energy, scientists have been unable to harness their potential. The conundrum is known in scientific circles as the “terahertz gap.”

Being able to detect and amplify THz waves (T-rays) would open up a new era of medical, communications, satellite, cosmological and other technologies. One major application would be as a safe, non-destructive alternative to X-rays. However, until now, the wavelengths, which range between 3mm and 30μm, have proved impossible to use due to relatively weak signals from all existing sources.

A team of physicists has created a new type of optical transistor—a working THz amplifier—using graphene and a high-temperature superconductor. The physics behind the simple amplifier relies on the properties of graphene, …

https://m.phys.org/news/2020-02-graphene-amplifier-hidden-frequencies-electromagnetic.html