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Crystal bends light hard, saves space

A miniature device that can bend light sharply but keeps it bright, represents a potential path to faster telecommunications switching.

 

References:

Lin, S.-Y. . . . J. Joannopoulos. 1998. Experimental demonstration of guiding and bending of electromagnetic waves in a photonic crystal. Science 282(Oct. 9):274.

 

Further Readings:

Wu, C. 1996. Light gets the bends in a photonic crystal. Science News 150(Nov. 16):309.

 

Sources:

John Joannopoulos
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics
Cambridge, MA 02139

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 17, October 24, 1998, p. 271.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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