By enlisting help from a robot to assemble precise structures, researchers have guided telecommunications-wavelength light around multiple hairpin turns in a three-dimensional photonic crystal.
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Bermel, P. Turning data on a dime. Nature Photon 7, 89–91 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.5
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