In the current issue of Nature Photonics, Prof. Dr. Oliver G. Schmidt, Dr. Libo Ma and partners present a strategy for observing and manipulating the optical Berry phase in Möbius ring microcavities.

A Möbius strip is a fascinating object. You can easily create a Möbius strip when twisting the two ends of a strip of paper by 180 degrees and connect them together. Upon closer inspection, you ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The field of topological photonics has witnessed remarkable progress over the past decade, providing a robust platform for studying light-matter interactions and enabling the ...

Architectural firm Next has been awarded first prize in a competition to design a bridge to span a river within the town of Meixi Lake in China, for its Möbius strip inspired design. Meixi Lake -- ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. A diagram showing the region where electrons can exist in a half-Möbius ring molecular structure. The molecule consists of 13 ...

Optical gear: scanning electron microscope of the silicon nitride ring used to create an optical Möbius strip. (Courtesy: M Wang et al/Physical Review Letters) A Möbius strip for light has been ...

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New research presents a strategy for observing and manipulating the optical Berry phase in Möbius ring microcavities. In their paper, the authors discuss how an optical Berry phase can be generated ...