Moiré Effect for Transparent Images

4th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

A new material combines transparent properties with the moiré effect to produce images

Filed Under: Displays, Lenses, Metamaterials, Optical Components, Optical Materials, Optics, Photonics, Physics of Light, Research News Tagged With: , , ,

Sound Controls Optical Properties

3rd December 2019 by Leave a Comment

Large-amplitude acoustic waves, launched by ultrashort laser pulses, can dynamically manipulate the optical response of semiconductors

Filed Under: Metamaterials, Optical Materials, Optoelectronics, Photonics, Research News, Semiconductors Tagged With: , , , ,

Controlling Crystals of Light

11th September 2019 by Leave a Comment

Light inside optical on-chip microresonators can be crystallized in a form of periodic pulse trains

Filed Under: Optical Components, Optical Materials, Photonic Crystals, Photonics, Quantum Photonics, Research News Tagged With: , , , , ,

Light Dynamically Twists an Electron’s Wave Function

13th May 2019 by Leave a Comment

Ultrafast vortex electron beams can be used to encode and manipulate quantum information

Filed Under: Beam Shaping, Light Sources, Nanophotonics, Optoelectronics, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Physics of Light, Quantum Optics, Qubit, Research News Tagged With: , , , , ,

Ultrafast Imaging with Any Camera

21st March 2019 by Leave a Comment

Virtual Frame Technique delivers better performance than any commercial high-speed camera

Filed Under: Cameras, Detectors, Imaging, Optical Sensors, Optics, Research News Tagged With: , , , ,

The Smallest Optical Frequency Comb

22nd February 2019 by Leave a Comment

A photonic integrated, compact, and portable soliton microcomb source is driven by an on-chip indium phosphide laser

Filed Under: Laser Technology, Lasers, Light Sources, Nanophotonics, Research News, Spectroscopy, Ultrashort Laser Pulses Tagged With: , , , ,

Flexible Dielectric Glass Metasurfaces

13th February 2019 by Leave a Comment

The new production method employs a natural process already used in fluid mechanics

Filed Under: Lenses, Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, Optical Components, Optical Materials, Optics, Production Technology, Research News, Semiconductors Tagged With: , , , ,

Polarization Switching for Excitonic Circuits

7th January 2019 by Leave a Comment

New method to control exciton flows at room temperature for energy-efficient devices

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

Small Waveguides for Wearable Displays

13th December 2018 by Leave a Comment

New flexible devices could serve also as implantable sensors or building blocks for photonic printed circuit boards

Filed Under: Detectors, Displays, Fiber Optics, Fibers, Imaging, Laser Patterning, Micro Optics, Optical Components, Optical Materials, Optical Sensors, Photonic Integrated Circuits, Research News Tagged With: , , , , ,

Generating Multiple Frequency Combs

5th October 2018 by Leave a Comment

New way to implement an optical sensing system by using spatial multiplexing

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