Light trapping gets a boost

Kirill Koshelev; Yuri Kivshar

doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03143-w

Light trapping gets a boost

Kirill Koshelev, Yuri Kivshar

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The ability of structures called optical resonators to trap light is often limited by scattering of light off fabrication defects. A physical mechanism that suppresses this scattering has been reported that could lead to improved optical devices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	491-492
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	574
Issue number	7779
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03143-w
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019

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