Novel photonics

Novel photonics devices for the future: Fundamental research to create and devise specific characteristics that can be incorporated into next generation photonic devices. For example, polarization control of an LED, which would be needed for display, imaging, and sensing applications, has been primitive or even non-existent. How can the polarization control of an LED be achieved will be an important step in the future direction of the novel photonic devices.

he field of photonics starts with the generation of light. The generation of efficient and highly controllable light can indeed be accomplished with LEDs, which are capable of generating any single-colored light (from UV, through visible, to IR) and white light. Deployed on a global scale to replace conventional sources, such solid-state light sources will result in enormous benefits in modern civilization. These benefits can be accomplished by the “replacement paradigm” in which conventional light sources are replaced by more energy efficient, more durable, and nontoxic LED sources.

However, note that solid-state light sources, LEDs, can go beyond the replacement paradigm,by providing new functionalities including the control of spectrum, color temperature, polarization, temporal modulation,and spatial emission pattern. We suggest that such features can harness the huge potential of LEDs by offering multidimensional controllability that will enhance the Light-Emitting Diodes.

Novel photonics

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