New forms of photons open doors to advanced optical technologies

Multiple photonic orbitals emerge within a photonic crystal superlattice. Credit: Physical assessment B (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.235141 Researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands have gained important insights into photons, the elementary particles that make up light. They ‘behave’ in an astonishingly greater variety than electrons that surround atoms, while also being much easier … Read more