Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a two-dimensional (2D) material layer formed on the substrate and having a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, and a source electrode and a drain electrode provided to be respectively in contact with the first region and the second region of the 2D material layer, the second region of the 2D material layer including an oxygen adsorption material layer in which oxygen is adsorbed on a surface of the second region.

Abstract: A method of preventing a charge accumulation in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: forming a material layer on a substrate; patterning (or processing) the material layer; and forming a graphene layer before patterning the material layer, wherein the graphene layer is formed on a surface of the material layer or on a surface of the substrate under the material layer. The substrate may be an insulation substrate. In addition, the substrate may have a stacked structure including a plurality of layers.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a two-dimensional (2D) material layer formed on the substrate and having a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, and a source electrode and a drain electrode provided to be respectively in contact with the first region and the second region of the 2D material layer, the second region of the 2D material layer including an oxygen adsorption material layer in which oxygen is adsorbed on a surface of the second region.

Abstract: An image display device includes a display panel unit having a plurality of optical elements configured to generate and emit unidirectional lights in an array and a control unit configured to control the plurality of optical elements according to image information. The image display device is located very close to the eyes of a user and displays an additional information image added to a real image, thereby implementing augmented reality.

Abstract: An optical device may include a substrate, a metal layer on the substrate, at least one first nano-structure in the layer, and at least one second nano-structure in the layer. The at least one first nano-structure may include a light source. The at least one first and second nano-structures may be spaced apart. A method of controlling a propagation direction of light output from an optical device that includes a metal layer on a substrate may include disposing first and second nano-structures in the layer; disposing at least one light source in the first nano-structure; and controlling the propagation direction of the light output from the at least one light source by changing at least one of a shape of the first nano-structure, a shape of the second nano-structure, a size of the first nano-structure, a size of the second nano-structure, and an interval between the first and second nano-structures.

Abstract: Provided are an optical device and a method of controlling propagation directions of light and a surface plasmon using the optical device. The optical device includes a light source, a substrate, and a metal layer that is disposed on the substrate, the metal layer includes at least two slots, and propagation directions of light and a surface plasmon may be controlled by using the light that is polarized in a direction parallel to a direction of a long length of any one of the at least two slots.

Abstract: An optical interconnection for a stacked integrated circuit, is provided. The optical interconnection includes: an optical transmission unit disposed in a first layer and an optical receiving unit disposed in a second layer, different from the first layer, and spaced apart from the optical transmission unit by a predetermined gap. The optical transmission unit includes a first optical antenna that outputs light; the optical receiving unit includes a second optical antenna which receives light transmitted from the optical transmission unit. At least one of the first and second optical antennas includes a plurality of nanostructures configured to transmit or receive an optical signal.

Abstract: An optical modulator includes a dielectric layer and a metal layer arranged on the dielectric layer. In the optical modulator, a first light of a first frequency and a second light of a second frequency that are incident upon the metal layer exit from the metal layer at different refractive angles due to surface plasmon generation.

Abstract: A nanostructure, an optical device including the nanostructure, and methods of manufacturing the nanostructure and the optical device. A method of manufacturing a nanostructure may include forming a block copolymer template layer and a precursor pattern of metal coupled to the block copolymer template layer on a graphene layer, and forming a metal nanopattern on the graphene layer by removing the block copolymer template layer and reducing the precursor pattern.

Abstract: Provided are an optical device and a method of controlling propagation directions of light and a surface plasmon using the optical device. The optical device includes a light source, a substrate, and a metal layer that is disposed on the substrate, the metal layer includes at least two slots, and propagation directions of light and a surface plasmon may be controlled by using the light that is polarized in a direction parallel to a direction of a long length of any one of the at least two slots.

Abstract: An optical interconnection for a stacked integrated circuit, is provided. The optical interconnection includes: an optical transmission unit disposed in a first layer and an optical receiving unit disposed in a second layer, different from the first layer, and spaced apart from the optical transmission unit by a predetermined gap. The optical transmission unit includes a first optical antenna that outputs light; the optical receiving unit includes a second optical antenna which receives light transmitted from the optical transmission unit. At least one of the first and second optical antennas includes a plurality of nanostructures configured to transmit or receive an optical signal.

Abstract: An image display device includes a display panel unit having a plurality of optical elements configured to generate and emit unidirectional lights in an array and a control unit configured to control the plurality of optical elements according to image information. The image display device is located very close to the eyes of a user and displays an additional information image added to a real image, thereby implementing augmented reality.

Abstract: A surface plasmon laser includes a metal layer, a gain medium layer provided on the metal layer and having a circular structure portion in which a whispering gallery mode is generated in which surface plasmon light generated due to surface plasmon resonance on an interface with the metal layer rotates along a circle, and a deformed portion formed to output part of laser light generated in the circular structure portion of the gain medium layer.

Abstract: An optical modulator includes a dielectric layer and a metal layer arranged on the dielectric layer. In the optical modulator, a first light of a first frequency and a second light of a second frequency that are incident upon the metal layer exit from the metal layer at different refractive angles due to surface plasmon generation.

Abstract: A nanostructure, an optical device including the nanostructure, and methods of manufacturing the nanostructure and the optical device. A method of manufacturing a nanostructure may include forming a block copolymer template layer and a precursor pattern of metal coupled to the block copolymer template layer on a graphene layer, and forming a metal nanopattern on the graphene layer by removing the block copolymer template layer and reducing the precursor pattern.

Abstract: A method of preventing a charge accumulation in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: forming a material layer on a substrate; patterning (or processing) the material layer; and forming a graphene layer before patterning the material layer, wherein the graphene layer is formed on a surface of the material layer or on a surface of the substrate under the material layer. The substrate may be an insulation substrate. In addition, the substrate may have a stacked structure including a plurality of layers.

Abstract: An optical device may include a substrate, a metal layer on the substrate, at least one first nano-structure in the layer, and at least one second nano-structure in the layer. The at least one first nano-structure may include a light source. The at least one first and second nano-structures may be spaced apart. A method of controlling a propagation direction of light output from an optical device that includes a metal layer on a substrate may include disposing first and second nano-structures in the layer; disposing at least one light source in the first nano-structure; and controlling the propagation direction of the light output from the at least one light source by changing at least one of a shape of the first nano-structure, a shape of the second nano-structure, a size of the first nano-structure, a size of the second nano-structure, and an interval between the first and second nano-structures.