Squeezing light at the nanoscale—Ultra-confined light could detect harmful molecules
https://phys.org/news/2018-06-nanoscaleultra-confined-molecules.html
The research is published in Science Advances.
"This work opens up a new frontier in nanophotonics," said Federico Capasso, the Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering, and senior author of the study. "By coupling light to atomic vibrations, we have concentrated light into nanodevices much smaller than its wavelength, giving us a new tool to detect and manipulate molecules."