Researchers use circularly polarized light to control the direction of exciton polaritons in 2D semiconductors, enabling new ...

More information: Ghada Dushaq et al, Electro-optic tuning in composite silicon photonics based on ferroionic 2D materials, Light: Science & Applications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01432-2.

University of Münster. "2D materials rotate light polarization." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 04 / 240422120712.htm (accessed June 2, 2025). Explore More ...

"The trapped light also behaved like it is traveling in a 2D space." Guiding light. The newly invented system is a way to guide light—known as a waveguide—that is essentially two-dimensional.