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Grating games

Diffraction gratings have a long history, but researchers in Sweden have now come up with a new method for producing one- and two-dimensional grating patterns. The approach could be useful for fabricating complicated nanostructures and optical devices.

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Figure 1: Self-forming gratings.

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Giessen, H. Grating games. Nature Photon 2, 335–337 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.90

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