photonic crystals

**iltos** · 20-May-2008, 07:12 PM #1

this is pretty amazing

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THE PHOTONIC BEETLE: NATURE BUILDS DIAMOND-LIKE CRYSTALS FOR FUTURE OPTICAL COMPUTERS, May 20
Researchers have been unable to build an ideal "photonic crystal" to manipulate visible light, impeding the dream of ultrafast optical computers. But now, University of Utah chemists have discovered that nature already has designed photonic crystals with the ideal, diamond-like structure: They are found in the shimmering, iridescent green scales of a beetle from Brazil.

Full story at http://www.physorg.com/news130481875.html

**JohnWill** · 21-May-2008, 09:06 AM #2

Gives new meaning to the term "computer bug"!

**Ciberblade** · 21-May-2008, 02:54 PM #3

Very cool -- It will be interesting to watch how this develops.

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