DISORDERED HYPERUNIFORMITY

[principled]

I came across this article written by Princeton Uni.
Although the article is informative, I wonder if there is anyone who could simplify it just a tad and give some examples of where DISORDERED HYPERUNIFORMITY could be used in optics?

www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S39/32/02E70/index.xml?section=topstories

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[alancalverd]

It isn't clear from the article whether the "structure" arises from optimal tesselation of aperiodic shapes like Penrose tiles en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling or 2-dimensional grading of roughly equal numbers of 5 types of grain (think of concrete made from equal quantities of pebbles, shingle and sand).

There are some theorems on pattern recognition that suggest a random sampling receptor can recognise shapes presented at random orientations rather better than a periodic receptor. Worth thinking about!