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Light conducts around the edge of a simulated topological insulator, shown at the bottom of image. The topological insulator is made from a layer of a 2-D material resting atop a photonic crystal. The ...

A new type of photonic time crystal gives light a boost. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 04 / 230405161316.htm ...

Definition: Photonic Crystals are innovative materials that manipulate light through their unique structure, opening avenues in enhancing telecommunications, computing, and optical device efficiency.

The innovative photonic crystal and single quantum dot imaging platform created in this work do not need the high gain of a costly EMCCD camera, reducing the instrument's cost and complexity. The ...

Photonic crystals are optical structures whose ability to refract light changes periodically (that is to say, over time). In lab settings, the electromagnetic properties of metamaterials can be ...

These are the so-called photonic time crystals. It is their electromagnetic properties that change with time. There are many challenges when trying to create a three-dimensional photonic crystal.

image: An illustration of how a 2D photonic time crystal can boost light waves view more . Credit: Xuchen Wang / Aalto University. Researchers have developed a way to create photonic time crystals ...