A collaborative study by a team of materials scientists and theoretical chemists demonstrates how a class of electroluminescent materials, key components of devices such as…
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The new single-photon source is based on excitation of a quantum dot (shown as a bulge on the bottom left), which then emits photons. A…
Schematic representation of a processor for matrix multiplications which runs on light. Together with an optical frequency comb, the waveguide crossbar array permits highly parallel…
Schematic representation of a processor for matrix multiplications which runs on light. Credit: University of Oxford The exponential growth of data traffic in our digital…
Highly efficient, pure-blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) developed by researchers at Kyushu University in Japan are being tested to measure their lifetime. Based on hyperfluorescence,…
A demonstration of how the T-ray equipment can be used to scan an individual’s skin. Credit: University of Warwick Terahertz radiation, or T-rays, can reveal…
Annular holes in a thin gold film filled with silicon dioxide enable ultrastrong coupling between light and atomic vibrations. This structure provides opportunities to probe…
Fiber optics couple laser light directly into the ion-trap chip. When in use, the chip is cooled to cryogenic temperatures in a vacuum chamber, and…
The integrated detector combines a silicon photonic chip with a silicon micro-electronics chip, yielding advanced speed in detecting quantum light. Credit: University of Bristol Researchers…
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a terahertz quantum cascade laser (QCL) device. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers The instrument could bring powerful sensing…
Scientists Capture Light in a Polymeric Quasicrystal – New Possibilities for Laser and Sensor Design
Scientists Capture Light in a Polymeric Quasicrystal – New Possibilities for Laser and Sensor Design
Credit: Ant Rozetsky ITMO University scientists have conducted several experiments to investigate polymeric quasicrystals that ultimately confirmed their initial theory. In the future, the use…
Illustration of memory effects on wave-matter interaction. From Fig. 1, Kozlov et al., doi: 10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056003. Credit: Kozlov et al. Remembrance of Waves Past: Memory Imprints…
Electrically pumped surface plasmon-polariton nanolaser. Credit: Dmitry Fedyanin Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King’s College London cleared the obstacle that…
Straining a honeycomb metasurface generates an artificial magnetic field for light which can be tuned by embedding the metasurface inside a cavity waveguide. Credit: University…
New hollow-core optical fibers that are filled with either air or gas. Credit: Alain Herzog/2020 EPFL “The idea had been going around my head for…
This graphic depicts a stylized rendering of the quantum photonic chip and its assembly process. The bottom half of the image shows a functioning quantum…
NANF polarization holding. Credit: University of Southampton The novel fibers’ latest advances, published recently in Nature Photonics, have underlined the technology’s potential for next-generation optical…
Australian and German researchers build modular bridge design for nanoscale photonic chip. Photonic chips have huge potential for the future of computers and telecommunications. Australian…
(Click image for full view.) A bilayer of molybdenum trioxides supports highly collimated, directive, and diffractionless propagation of nano-light when the two layers are aligned…
The nonlinear microresonator converts a single wavelength pump coming in from the left into a rainbow of frequency combs. The combs exit to the waveguide…