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Wild new “gyromorph” materials could make computers insanely fast

Gyromorphs Boost Light Computing Power
Illustration of a 60-fold gyromorph’s properties. Top row: Structure of the gyromorph. Left: Structure factor. Right: Pair correlation function. Bottom row: Optical properties. Left: Polarized light beam fully reflected by a gyromorph. Right: Density of states depletion in the gyromorph. Credit: The Martiniani lab at NYU

Gyromorphs merge order and disorder to deliver unprecedented light-blocking power for next-generation photonic computers. Researchers engineered “gyromorphs,” a new type of metamaterial that combines liquid-like randomness with large-scale structural patterns to block light from every direction. This innovation solves longstanding limitations in quasicrystal-based designs and could accelerate advances in photonic computing.

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