![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107005406im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Researchers Bend Light Through Waveguides in Colloidal Crystals
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January 7, 2008
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Researchers at the University of Illinois are the first to achieve optical waveguiding of near-infrared light through features embedded in self-assembled, three-dimensional photonic crystals. Applications for the optically active crystals include low-loss waveguides, low-threshold lasers and on-chip optical circuitry.
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Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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