New Photonic Time Crystals Could Improve Lasers and Wireless Communications

In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers have created a new method of making photonic time crystals, which is a type of artificial material capable of amplifying the light that is shined on them. This study holds the potential to improve both lasers and wireless communication.

Time crystals were first discovered 2012, and the more familiar time crystals known as mundane time crystals possess a structural pattern that repeats in only space. In contrast, and as their name implies, time crystals have possess a structural…