NIST/JQI Team 'Gets the Edge' on Photon Transport in Silicon (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST/JQI Team 'Gets the Edge' on Photon Transport in Silicon

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In this false-color scanning electron microscope image, the arrow shows the path light takes as it hops between silicon rings along the edge of the chip, successfully avoiding defects -- in this case a missing ring.

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