New Optical Material Offers Unprecedented Control of Light and Thermal Radiation
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 09:41
in Physics & Chemistry
A team led by Nanfang Yu, assistant professor of applied physics at Columbia Engineering, has discovered a new phase-transition optical material--samarium nickelate--and demonstrated novel devices that dynamically control light over a much broader wavelength range and with larger modulation amplitude than what has currently been possible. SmNiO3 could potentially transform optoelectronic technologies, including smart windows and infrared camouflage. The team included researchers from Purdue, Harvard, Drexel, and Brookhaven National Laboratory (Advanced Materials, 8/30).
