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Optics & Photonics Apr 17, 2023

Quantum light source goes fully on-chip, bringing scalability to the quantum cloud

An international team of researchers from Leibniz University Hannover (Germany), the University of Twente (Netherlands), and the start-up company QuiX Quantum has presented an entangled quantum light source fully integrated ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 5, 2023

A new type of photonic time crystal gives light a boost

Researchers have developed a way to create photonic time crystals, and they have shown that these bizarre, artificial materials amplify the light that shines on them. These findings, described in a paper in Science Advances, ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 30, 2023

Moiré superlattices show superpower in photonics and optoelectronics

Researchers from the Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with international colleagues, have presented an overview of recent progress in emerging moiré photonics and optoelectronics. ...

Quantum Physics Mar 24, 2023

New experiment translates quantum information between technologies in an important step for the quantum internet

Researchers have discovered a way to "translate" quantum information between different kinds of quantum technologies, with significant implications for quantum computing, communication, and networking.

Condensed Matter Mar 14, 2023

Realization of photonic p-orbital higher-order topological insulators

In condensed matter systems, an essential characteristic of electrons besides charge and spin is the orbital degree of freedom (ODoF). It plays a crucial role in understanding unconventional properties in solid-state materials ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 13, 2023

Closing in on next-generation atom-thick photonic devices

From microscopes and cameras to night vision devices and optical fiber communications, photodetectors have a wide array of applications. Photodetectors capture and convert light into electrical signals but are often limited ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 7, 2023

Chip-scale spectrometry using a photonic molecule

Chip-scale miniaturization of spectrometers allows rapid detection of spectral information in portable devices, opening up new applications. However, integrated spectrometers typically suffer from a trade-off between spectral ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 7, 2023

Researchers obtain anion ionic water-soluble two-photon initiator for 3D hydrogel construction

Prof. Zheng Meiling's team from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed an anion exchange strategy and developed a carbazole-based anion-ion water-soluble two-photon ...

Materials Science Feb 6, 2023

Photonic fibers borrow from butterfly wings to enable invisible, indelible sorting labels

Less than 15% of the 92 million tons of clothing and other textiles discarded annually are recycled—in part because they are so difficult to sort. Woven-in labels made with inexpensive photonic fibers, developed by a University ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 26, 2023

Tailoring thickness of conducting materials to enhance their photonic applications

Purdue University researchers found that by tailoring the film thickness of conducting nitrides and oxides, specifically plasmonic titanium nitride (TiN) and aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO), they can control the materials' ...

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