Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have made a discovery that could pave the way for a transformative era in photonic ...

Researchers have pushed light control into a regime that used to belong strictly to theory, steering optical waves at the ...

Engineers develop multifunctional, reconfigurable component of an optical computing system that could be a game changer in electronics. (Nanowerk News) As fast as modern electronics have become, they ...

Recent technological advances have given us a remarkable ability to manipulate and control light waves, opening up numerous applications in various fields, such as optical communication, sensing, ...

Cost-effective chiral nanostructures enable precise light control at the nanoscale, advancing applications in sensing, imaging, and emerging quantum technologies. (Nanowerk News) Researchers from ...

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in light manipulation by using topological insulators to generate both even and odd terahertz frequencies through high-order harmonic generation (HHG). By ...

Humans have been studying and playing with light for millennia — from the ancient civilizations using rock crystals to magnify objects and focus sunlight to ignite fires, to Galileo who sparked the ...

This “heterostructure” consists of a stack of multiple different thin films, including a collection of aligned carbon nanotubes with different orientations. As fast as modern electronics have become, ...