Project description
Twists of light and 'collapsing' matter spur liquid crystals to new heights
Photonics and optoelectronics, interrelated fields that harness the exotic and unique properties of packets of light, are revolutionising the ways in which we package, store, transmit and analyse information. The EU-funded TopoLight project is planning an exponential increase in what may be possible through the integration of cutting-edge light-matter phenomena in a novel soft matter platform. The project will harness Nobel prize-winning Bose-Einstein condensates – the room-temperature variety for practical applications – and topological states of light. The platform will charge room-temperature BEC research and applications and support the development of novel topological photonics devices and new ways to encode information.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssoft matter physics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicssolid-state physics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencescondensed matter physicsbose-einstein condensates
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringliquid crystals
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons
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Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
00 927 Warszawa
Poland
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Participants (5)
8803 Rueschlikon
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00 908 Warszawa
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SO17 1BJ Southampton
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75794 Paris
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63000 Clermont Ferrand
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