The project is co-funded by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation and the European Union - NextGenerationEU.
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Project title: Soft Reconfigurable Meta Photonic Crystals (SoRePhoC)
Period: 1. 7. 2023 - 30. 6. 2026
Head: Urban Mur
Amount of funding: 267.480,00 EUR
Project description:
Project Soft Reconfigurable Meta Photonic Crystals (SoRePhoC) aims to explore and develop photonic crystals—periodic sub-wavelength structures that control the flow of light and other electromagnetic waves—using soft materials, specifically liquid crystals. The goal is to leverage the high tunability and susceptibility of liquid crystals to engineer and fabricate on-demand reconfigurable internal structures of photonic crystals, thereby enabling switchable functionality in such devices. A key potential application of this design is the highly efficient transport of THz waves for intrachip and interchip communication, which will be particularly relevant with the emergence of 6G wireless networks operating at THz frequencies.
