Search results for nanophotonic

Optics & Photonics Sep 11, 2024

Unique nanodisk pushes photonics research forward

Photonic applications harness the power of light-matter interactions to generate various intriguing phenomena. This has enabled major advances in communications, medicine, and spectroscopy, among others, and is also used ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 29, 2024

Researchers trap atoms, force them to serve as photonic transistors

Researchers at Purdue University have trapped alkali atoms (cesium) on an integrated photonic circuit, which behaves like a transistor for photons (the smallest energy unit of light) similar to electronic transistors. These ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 23, 2024

Combining trapped atoms and photonics for new quantum devices

Quantum information systems offer faster, more powerful computing methods than standard computers to help solve many of the world's toughest problems. Yet fulfilling this ultimate promise will require bigger and more interconnected ...

Nanophysics Jul 23, 2024

3D printing method reveals light emission from nanowires for the first time

Dr. Jaeyeon Pyo's team at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has become the first in the world to reveal light emission patterns from 3D-printed nanowires, which has been published as a cover article in ...

General Physics Jul 11, 2024

Physicists discover a way to imprint a previously unseen geometrical form of chirality onto electrons

Have you ever placed the palm of your left hand on the back of your right hand in such a way that all fingers point in the same direction? If you have, then you probably know that your left thumb will not touch its right ...

Nanophysics Sep 4, 2024

Metasurfaces: Tiny tech with big potential

Imagine manipulating light with ultra-thin, flat sheets instead of bulky lenses and mirrors. That's the promise of metasurfaces, a nanostructure technology that can twist and bend light in ways never before possible.

Nanophysics Jul 16, 2024

Researchers achieve unprecedented nanostructuring inside silicon

Silicon, the cornerstone of modern electronics, photovoltaics, and photonics, has traditionally been limited to surface-level nanofabrication due to the challenges posed by existing lithographic techniques. Available methods ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 17, 2023

Nanophotonic platform offers faster detection of dangerous pregnancy disorder preeclampsia

A new rapid test for the early diagnosis of preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening complication of pregnancy, has been developed by a team of researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). The test is significantly ...

Biochemistry Mar 1, 2023

Scientists present new application for nanophotonic sensor

A joint research team from Skoltech, HSE, MPGU and MISIS has developed a compact sensor for biochemical analysis, opening up a new frontier in the development of the "lab-on-a-chip." Using bovine serum albumin film as an ...

Nanomaterials Sep 22, 2022

Heat-resistant nanophotonic material could help turn heat into electricity

A new nanophotonic material has broken records for high-temperature stability, potentially ushering in more efficient electricity production and opening a variety of new possibilities in the control and conversion of thermal ...

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