Nature’s designs inspire research into new light-based technologies
Solutions required for progress on the frontiers of photonics technology are close at hand: in nature, when viewed through the perspective of engineer, says Montana State University optics researcher Joseph Shaw. Along with Rongguang Liang of the University of Arizona, Shaw chaired the ‘Light in Nature’ conference presenting new research in the field last month at SPIE Optics + Photonics and being published in the SPIE Digital Library.