This "solid content" is highly relevant for future technology in:
: Designing advanced lasers or optical fibers that use curved geometry. 125118
: Developing "topological insulators" that conduct electricity only on their edges. This "solid content" is highly relevant for future
: Creating stable environments for quantum bits (qubits). 125118
If you'd like, I can dive deeper into the used to define these lattices or explain the specific experiments mentioned in the Physical Review B paper.
: Scientists have developed a way to classify these lattices using new mathematical "space groups."
: It predicts how light (photons) can be trapped or guided in unique ways not possible in flat space. Technical Implications