The researchers at Tuskegee University, Alabama, reported their work in the Journal of Nanophotonics, confirming that they developed a photonic crystal light sail designed to address these limitations ...

Most space missions rely on chemical rockets for propulsion. Rockets must carry fuel, which increases spacecraft mass and limits their speed and travel distance. For decades, researchers have explored ...

Scientists have successfully tested a material design for light sails using photonic crystals that could achieve 20% the speed of light ...

Researchers from Tuskegee University, Alabama, have developed a new photonic crystal (a kind of ...

There is increasing interest in the development of novel optical devices fabricated from photonic crystals (PhCs) and metamaterials. This attention is primarily due to these devices’ wide range of ...

Australian researchers have built an ultra-compact artificial intelligence (AI) chip that is able to make calculations using the power of light, at the speed of light. The nano photonic chip prototype ...

A new technical paper titled “Utilizing photonic band gap in triangular silicon carbide structures for efficient quantum nanophotonic hardware” was published by researchers at UC Davis. “Silicon ...

For decades, glass has been a reliable workhorse of optical systems, valued for its transparency and stability. But when it comes to manipulating light at the nanoscale, especially for ...

Optical tricks that have given butterflies, beetles and other creatures an evolutionary advantage are beginning to teach physicists a thing or two about advanced photonics, as Pete Vukusic explains ...