3D-Displays Made of Cellulose

26th May 2020 by Leave a Comment

Liquid-phase 3D-patterning may lead to ever more sophisticated optical and thermal devices

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Switching Between Transparent and Reflective

25th May 2020 by Leave a Comment

A new metamaterial capable of changing its optical properties without any mechanical input

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Towards Ultra-High-Resolution Displays

20th May 2020 by Leave a Comment

New approach uses a switching mechanism of plasmonic pixels based on magnesium

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New Kind of On-Chip Single-Photon Extraction

19th May 2020 by Leave a Comment

Enhance the on-chip photon extraction decay rate of quantum emitters through the tilting of the optical axis of hyperbolic metamaterials

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Imaging Nanostructures with Aspherical Microlenses

15th May 2020 by Leave a Comment

New concept of ultralong working distance spectroscopy with 3D-printed aspherical microlenses

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A Temporal Supersymmetry

12th May 2020 by Leave a Comment

New approach to designing omnidirectional invisible materials

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World’s First Super-Chiral Light

30th April 2020 by Leave a Comment

Laser opens up a new world of applications using optical control of physical objects.

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Planar Systems for Optical Transistors

24th April 2020 by Leave a Comment

Coupling of photons to excitons in a thin molybdenum diselenide semiconductor layer

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Camera Captures 3D Images with Record Speed

20th April 2020 by Leave a Comment

Megapixel image sensor could bring significant improvements to augmented reality and LiDAR systems

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Super-Planckian Material Exhibits LED-Like Light

3rd April 2020 by Leave a Comment

The new material could be used for energy harvesting, military infrared-based object tracking and identification

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