Experiment reveals light rotating objects in a direction never seen before
An experiment conducted by LCN researchers in the Department of Physics, King’s College London, has revealed for the first time that light is capable of rotating objects in a new direction. Dr James Millen and Dr Francisco Rodríguez-Fortuño observed transverse orbital...
LCN researchers propose new design for future microscopic vehicles powered by light
LCN researchers at King’s have proposed a new design for future microscopic vehicles powered by light. Published in Optics Letters the team of researchers, including Dr Jack Kingsley-Smith and Dr Yanhui Hu, designed a 2D metasurface that is capable of controlling and...
Unlocking the potential of vector vortex beams with anisotropic metamaterials
In a recent study published in the IEEE Photonics Journal, Vittorio Aita and Professor Anatoly Zayats from the Photonics and Nanotechnology group at King’s College London explored the use of vector vortex beams in combination with strongly anisotropic...