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Record-breaking photonics approach traps light on a chip for millions of cycles
- April 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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For years, scientists have dreamed of using atomically thin van der Waals (vdW) materials to build faster, more efficient photonic chips. These materials can be stacked and tuned with extraordinary precision, opening possibilities far beyond those of conventional technologies. The challenge is that they are extremely fragile, making them notoriously difficult to shape with standard nanofabrication tools.
Originally published at Phys.org