3-D Photonic Crystals Sought
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, Nov. 27, 2007 -- Photonic crystals, which contain properties that give butterfly wings their shimmering colors, are being used to revolutionize the future of telecommunications by making systems smaller, faster and more efficient.
By the end of a three-year European Sixth Framework Programme project dubbed NewTon, a team of European researchers hope to have developed the first functional telecommunication components using 3-D photonic crystals, the first step toward a long-term goal of developing a...