The branch of optics dealing with the behavior of light on scales much smaller than its wavelength. It involves designing structures like plasmonic antennas, photonic crystals, and metamaterials to confine, guide, and enhance optical fields. Researchers use nanophotonics to build ultra-compact sensors, on-chip optical circuits, and high-efficiency emitters.
Heard on the job
The lab just got a new grant to integrate their nanophotonics waveguides onto a standard silicon chip.