NEBRASKA: NE EPSCoR engineer on International Research Team Published in Feb 23 issue of Nature
Nebraska EPSCoR engineer Mathias Schubert added his leading expertise in ellipsometry – measuring the change in polarization as light reflects or transmits from a material structure – to an international team including scientists from Germany’s Max Planck Society, for research that appears in the highly-regarded journal, Nature.
“Hyperbolic shear polaritons in low-symmetry crystals” was published in the February 23, 2022 edition of the publication. The article’s authors believe their “results will motivate new directions for polariton physics in low-symmetry materials, which include geological minerals, many common oxides, and organic crystals, greatly expanding the material base and extending design opportunities for compact photonic devices.”
“Compact photonic devices which can collect, transmit, and compute information will become much more widespread in daily life, for example, in biomedical applications perhaps in support of virtual hospital platforms,” Schubert said. He noted a key beneficial outcome from this team’s work: “Photonic devices may not require batteries or as much electricity as conventional electronic devices. Our discovery has widened the toolbox for design engineers to create such devices with improved properties.”