Nano-to-Pico Photonic Materials
TRAPPING LIGHT THAT DOESN’T BOUNCE OFF TRACK FOR FASTER ELECTRONICS
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Replacing traditional computer chip components with light-based counterparts will eventually make electronic devices faster due to the wide bandwidth of light.
An anisotropic metamaterial waveguide cladding keeps light travel on track throughout a computer chip, preventing leaked and jumbled bits of information.
MOVING PLATES CREATE NEGATIVE-FREQUENCY PHOTONIC RESONANCE
When in relative motion, plates of a Fabry-Perot interferometer generate a unique resonance with negative frequency if separated by a gap of critical size.
QUANTUM MODEL UNLOCKS NEW APPROACH TO SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTION
To become more pervasive in daily life, quantum technology needs to better detect single particles of light, called photons, carrying quantum information.
LIGHTING A FIRE WITH VACUUM FRICTION
One of the surprises of Quantum Mechanics is zero point fluctuations which pervade both vacuum and matter.
CONTROLLING FORCES BETWEEN ATOMS, PROMISING FOR ‘2-D HYPERBOLIC’ MATERIALS
A new approach to control forces and interactions between atoms and molecules, such as those employed by geckos to climb vertical surfaces, could bring advances in new materials for developing quantum light sources.