Arranging nanoparticles in geometric patterns allows for
control of light with light
Rice University scientists have unveiled a robust new method
for arranging metal nanoparticles in geometric patterns that can act as optical
processors that transform incoming light signals into output of a different
color. The breakthrough by a team of theoretical and applied physicists and
engineers at Rice’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) is described this week
in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.