All Articles Tagged As: photonic crystals

Silicon photonic crystals key to optical cloaking, researchers say (6/26/2008)

Now you see it, soon you might not ...> Full Article

Researchers bend light through waveguides in colloidal crystals (1/8/2008)

Researchers at the University of Illinois are the first to achieve optical waveguiding of near-infrared light through features embedded in self-assembled, three-dimensional photonic crystals. Applications for the optically active crystals include low-loss waveguides, low-threshold lasers and on-chip optical circuitry. ...> Full Article

Light is shed on new fibre's potential to change technology (12/14/2007)

Photonic crystal fibre's ability to create broad spectra of light, which will be the basis for important developments in technology, has been explained for the first time in an article in the leading science journal Nature-Photonics. ...> Full Article

Researchers set new record for brightness of quantum dots (9/25/2007)

By placing quantum dots on a specially designed photonic crystal, researchers have demonstrated enhanced fluorescence intensity by a factor of up to 108. Potential applications include high-brightness light-emitting diodes, optical switches and personalized, high-sensitivity biosensors. ...> Full Article