The photonic integrated circuits used in this study. Credit: Tobias Kippenberg (EPFL), CC BY 4.0 The ability to amplify optical signals in optical fibers to…
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In a recent study, researchers achieved high-visibility quantum interference between two independent semiconductor quantum dots, a crucial development towards scalable quantum networks. Researchers demonstrated high-visibility…
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba use an optoelectronic resonator to increase the sensitivity of an electron pulse detector, which may lead to ultrafast electronic…
Caltech has developed a new photonic chip that can generate and measure quantum states of light in ways previously only possible with bulky and expensive…
An artist’s illustration of an optical switch, splitting light pulses based on their energies. Credit: Y. Wang, N. Thu, and S. Zhou Engineers at the…
The new OPA that replaces the multiple emitters of traditional OPAs with a slab grating to create a single emitter. This design enables a wide…
Microparticles clustering around a Janus particle. The dashed line delineates the lasing area, and the pink/yellow lines show the tracks of several microparticles. Credit: Imperial…
An illustration of the ANU tiny slides. Credit: Ella Maru Studio Physicists at The Australian National UniversityFounded in 1946, the Australian National University (ANU) is…
The University of Central Florida’s new photonic material overcomes the shortcomings of current topological designs, which provide fewer features and control. The new material also…
Induced transparency: The precise control of the energy flow (indicated by glowing particles in the fog) makes the artificial material become entirely transparent for the…
Artist’s concept of gravitational waves propagating through space. New laser breakthrough to help increase understanding of gravitational wavesGravitational waves are distortions or ripples in the…
Synchronized laser pulses (red and blue) generate a burst of real and virtual charge carriers in graphene that are absorbed by gold metal to produce…
Figure 1. Schematic of the waveguide-integrated van der Waals PN heterojunction photodetector. Credit: Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS…
Polaritons offer the best of two very different worlds. These hybrid particles combine light and molecules of organic material, making them ideal energy transfer vessels…
Researchers have used liquid crystals to create magic windows that produce a hidden image when light shines on them. Credit: Felix Hufnagel, University of Ottawa…
Technology could make it possible to use radio emissions from cell phone networks to wirelessly power sensors and LEDs. Researchers have developed a new metasurface-based…
Researchers at MIT have shown how one could improve the efficiency of scintillators by at least tenfold by changing the material’s surface. This image shows…
A newly created nano-architected material exhibits a property that previously was just theoretically possible: it can refract light backward, regardless of the angle at which…
Humans experience the world in three dimensions, but a collaboration in Japan has developed a way to create synthetic dimensions to better understand the fundamental…