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Ultrafast temporal engineering of optical properties using terahertz light

Published: 08/12/2026, 12:00 AM

This is a summary of: Guo, T. et al. Plasmonic metamaterial time crystal. Nature 656, 343–348 (2026). Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ‘Expert opinion’ is published under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Joannopoulos, J. D., Johnson, S. G., Winn, J. N. & Meade, R. D. Photonic Crystals: Molding the Flow of Light 2nd edn (Princeton Univ. Press, 2008). Asgari, M. M. et al. Adv. Opt. Photon. 16, 958–1063 (2024). Article PubMed Google Scholar Khurgin, J. B., Clerici, M. & Kinsey, N. Laser Photon. Rev. 15, 2000291 (2021). Read the paper: Plasmonic metamaterial time crystal