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Scientists apply ‘Twistronics’ to Light Propagation and make a Breakthrough Discovery

illustrated rendering of light propagation across two layers of molybdenum trioxide
A bilayer of molybdenum trioxide supports highly unusual light propagation along straight paths when the two layers are rotated with respect to each other at the photonic magic angle. (credit: ASRC)


Promising pathway for leapfrog advancement in imaging, optical-computing technologies, biosensing and more. A research team led by scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY (CUNY ASRC), in collaboration with National University of Singapore, University of Texas at Austin and Monash University, has employed “twistronics” concepts (the science of layering and twisting two-dimensional materials to control their electrical properties) to manipulate the flow of light in extreme ways...

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