Scientists from the American Institute MIT have created an innovative way to control light waves, the length of which is only a few hundred nanometers. Their device is able to catch the rays, redirecting them and showing the desired image.
Control over light is provided through the micro-cavities of photonic crystals. For literally one nanosecond, they capture a beam of light with their own walls, where the beam is reflected, after which it is released and can be directed in any way during this period. Light is formed into narrow beams and aligned with billions of similar cavities in a twelve-inch silicon wafer.
After hitting it, the laser beam is converted in each crystal, depending on its settings, and demonstrates the required information.
According to scientists, the use of this technology may be the widest, since the data array is transmitted at an enormous speed, 10 times higher than existing methods. Through the development of researchers, the development of human organ scanning, the development of lidar sensors, holography, and quantum devices can be accelerated.