Nano-architected Material Refracts Light Backward—An Important Step Toward One Day Creating Photonic Circuits
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Nano-architected Material Refracts Light Backward—An Important Step Toward One Day Creating Photonic Circuits
February 01, 2022
A newly created nano-architected material exhibits a property that previously was just theoretically possible: it can refract light backward, regardless of the angle at which the light strikes the material. "Negative refraction is crucial to the future of nanophotonics, which seeks to understand and manipulate the behavior of light when it interacts with materials or solid structures at the smallest possible scales," says Julia R. Greer, Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics and Medical Engineering; Fletcher Jones Foundation Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute. [Caltech story]
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Briana Ticehurst
Professor Julia R. Greer
Professor Harry Atwater
Ryan Ng
Victoria Chernow
Siying Peng