Metamolecules that Switch Chirality (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Metamolecules that Switch Chirality

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The top shows a scanning electron microscopy image of optically switchable chiral THz metamolecules. The bottom shows the purple, blue and tan colors represent the gold meta-atom structures at different layers, with the two silicon pads shown in green.

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Courtesy of Xiang Zhang, et. al

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