Metalattice with Strong Toroidal Dipole Response

8th August 2018 by Leave a Comment

The unit cell consists of four rectangular bars made of dielectric materials of moderate contrast

Filed Under: Detectors, Metamaterials, Optical Materials, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Research News, Sensors Tagged With: , , , ,

Nanocrystals Emit Light by Tunneling Electrons

24th July 2018 by Leave a Comment

Unique potential to create ultracompact optical sources with terahertz modulation bandwidth

Filed Under: Light Sources, Nanophotonics, Optical Materials, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Quantum Optics, Research News Tagged With: , , , ,

New Approach for Optical Data Storage

16th July 2018 by Leave a Comment

Fluorescent nanocrystals as an alternative for traditional magnetic and solid-state data storage

Filed Under: Electro-Optics, Laser Optics, Lasers, Nano Optics, Nanotechnology, Optical Computing, Optical Materials, Optoelectronics, Photonic Crystals, Research News Tagged With: , , , ,

Photonic Capsules for Injectable Laser Resonators

10th July 2018 by Leave a Comment

Helical nanostructures can be artificially created using liquid crystals

Filed Under: Lasers, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, Optical Materials, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Research News Tagged With: , , , ,

New Materials for 3D-Displays

9th July 2018 by Leave a Comment

New path to synthesize symmetry-based S- and X-shaped double hexahelicenes

Filed Under: Displays, Optical Design, Optical Materials, Optics, Photonic Crystals, Physics of Light, Research News Tagged With: , , , ,

Crystals with Giant Optical Anisotropy

27th June 2018 by Leave a Comment

A fundamental new building block for linear and nonlinear optical components such as polarizers and wave plates

Filed Under: LEDs, Lenses, Metamaterials, Optical Materials, Optics, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Physics of Light, Research News, Solar Cells Tagged With: , , ,

Capturing Light in a Waveguide Array

5th June 2018 by Leave a Comment

Topological crystalline structures confine light to improve lasers and solar cells

Filed Under: Laser Optics, Lasers, Light Sources, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, Optical Materials, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Research News, Solar Cells Tagged With: , , , , ,

Nanodiamond Turns Into a Light Source

3rd May 2018 by Leave a Comment

Nanoantennas based on nanodiamonds with nitrogen-vacancy centres coupled to Mie resonances of nanoparticles

Filed Under: Light Sources, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, Optical Materials, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Research News Tagged With: , , , ,

Squeezing Light to One Atom

24th April 2018 by Leave a Comment

New kind of graphene-heterostructures provides a powerful and versatile platform for nanophotonics

Filed Under: Electro-Optics, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, Optical Communication, Optical Materials, Optoelectronics, Photonic Crystals, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Photonics, Plasmonic, Research News Tagged With: , , ,

Mimicking the Structural Color of Insects

17th April 2018 by Leave a Comment

Photonic crystals and plasmonic structures made of a cellulose derivative

Filed Under: Biophotonics, Metamaterials, Nano Optics, Nanophotonics, Optical Materials, Optoelectronics, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Plasmonic, Research News Tagged With: , , , ,