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DNA Drives Creation of Lighter, Thinner Optical Displays

By employing synthetic DNA to assemble particles into crystalline lattices, scientists have paved the way for much lighter and thinner optical displays.

27 Jun 2018

Researchers Develop First Chip-Based Dual-Comb Spectrometer in Mid-IR Range

For the first time, scientists from Columbia Engineering have developed and operated a chip-based dual-comb spectrometer in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) range that avoids the need for moving parts and with the ability to obtain spectra in less than 2 μs.

24 May 2018

Gold Nanoparticle Array Allows Ultrafast Laser Generation

Innovative research has revealed that when an organic dye is combined with metallic nanostructures, the resulting structure can display ultrafast lasing with rapid short laser pulses.

3 May 2018

Mass-Manufacturable, Efficient Approach for Detection and Control of Mid-IR Waves

Scientists at MIT and other institutions have developed an innovative technique for capturing images in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) range of the spectrum, which could be used in a broad range of applications, such as free-space communication, biomedical sensing, and thermal imaging.

2 May 2018

Optimizing Light Confinement Could Open the Door to New Optoelectronic Devices

The electronic devices include billions of transistors. Initially, the size of the transistor was nearly 1 cm. However, advancement of technology has led to a considerable reduction in its size up to 14 nm, or 1000 times smaller than the width of a strand of human hair.

23 Apr 2018

Laser Light Used to Develop First Ever X-Ray Holographic Images of Mimivirus

Similar to photography, holography is a means to record everything around us. Both technologies involve the use of light to perform recordings.

9 Mar 2018

Ultrathin Metalenses with Computational Processing Eliminate Chromatic Aberrations

As lenses reflect and refract light, they can be used in imaging systems that steer finding through the microscope and conserve history by means of cameras.

16 Feb 2018