Smoother Travel for Light Waves in Optic Networks (IMAGE)

University of Maryland College of Computer Mathematical & Natural Sciences

Smoother Travel for Light Waves in Optic Networks

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A one-way "optical highway" created by chaining microresonators together steers light waves around obstacles and prevents them from degrading or scattering.

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Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

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