Researchers have developed a new class of integrated photonic devices -- 'leaky-wave metasurfaces' -- that convert light initially confined in an optical waveguide to an arbitrary optical pattern in ...

A powerful new microscopy technique unveils hidden nanoscale light interactions, offering a glimpse into physics that ...

As optical gas sensing moves deeper into the nanoscale, performance is increasingly dictated not by bulk material properties ...

Figure 1. (a) Schematic diagram of the thin-film lithium niobate optical waveguide phased array, with the top-right inset showing the superlattice structure and the bottom-left inset showing the cross ...

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics. These engineered materials offer precise control over lights behavior, but ...

"Since hBN is used so widely in 2D material–based devices, this novel usage as an optical waveguide potentially has wide-ranging impacts." Graphene and TMD monolayers are both extremely sensitive to ...

Waveguides are structures designed to direct and control the propagation of electromagnetic waves from one point to another. They play a crucial role in various fields, including telecommunications, ...

Researchers present a novel ion-trap chip integrating photonics for efficient fluorescence photon collection, enhancing ...

Scientists announce the discovery of slab waveguides based on the two-dimensional material hexagonal boron nitride. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with Kansas State ...

Soft-matter photonics investigates how materials such as liquids, liquid crystals, gels, and polymers can self-organize into structures that manipulate light. Unlike conventional solid-state photonic ...