Part of Project 43 — Labrador: Exploring commercial and scientific applications of synthetic labradorescence
Investigates whether the Boggild miscibility gap (the geological phase diagram governing nanoscale lamellar exsolution in plagioclase feldspar) could serve as a design heuristic for narrowing the parameter search space in DBR grating optimisation on PIC platforms.
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Stage | Scientific / Conceptual |
| Constraint equation | Not yet derived |
| Prototype | None |
| Seeking | PIC design, computational photonics, mineralogy |
Geological labradorite produces narrow-band structural colour through coupled refractive index contrast and layer periodicity. The hypothesis is that this equilibrium relationship identifies a productive region of engineering parameter space that could accelerate convergence in PIC grating optimisation. If the Boggild framework translates to synthetic photonic systems, it would provide a physically motivated constraint that reduces the dimensionality of design searches.
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Aaron Garcia · Independent Researcher · aaron@garcia.ltd
This work is released under the MIT Licence.