A team of researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has introduced a novel framework for designing and creating universal diffractive waveguides that can control the flow of light in highly specific and complex ways.

This new technology uses artificial intelligence (AI), specifically deep learning, to design a series of structured surfaces that guide light with high efficiency and can perform a wide range of functions that are challenging for conventional waveguides.

The work is published in the journal Nature Communications.