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Cirdan Launches “Photonics” Certificate, Facilitating Investment into the World’s First Photonics Index

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) is excited to announce that Cirdan Capital Management, with collaboration from C8 Technologies, has launched a Certificate based on the Solactive EPIC Core Photonics Index.

14 Dec 2021

Allying Meta-Structures with Diverse Optical Waveguides for Integrated Photonics and More

Comprised of judiciously engineered microscopic photonic structures with subwavelength features, the concept of metasurface and metamaterials have proven fruitful results.

13 Dec 2021

Research Brings Ultra-Fast and Energy Efficient Magnetic Recording a Step Closer to Fruition

The quest to deliver ultra-fast and energy efficient magnetic recording could be a step closer to fruition, due to pioneering new research on all-optical switching of magnetization.

10 Dec 2021

New On-Chip, Low-Threshold Perovskite Polariton Parametric Oscillator Operates at Room Temperature

Optical parametric oscillators have been widely applied in areas ranging from spectroscopy photonics to quantum information.

10 Dec 2021

Researchers Use Light-Induced Flows to Measure FemtoNewton Forces

In a new paper published in eLight today, a team of scientists, led by Dr. Moritz Kreysing from MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany, has developed an entirely new approach to trapping micron-sized particles.

10 Dec 2021

New Method Uses Optical Cavities to Enhance Atom Interferometers

A new concept has been developed that has the potential to assist new instruments in the investigation of fundamental science topics such as gravitational waves and dark matter.

9 Dec 2021

New Liquid-Crystalline Material Shows Promise for Optoelectronic Devices

Liquid crystals are not solid, but some of their physical properties are directional - like in a crystal. This is because their molecules can arrange themselves into certain patterns. The best-known applications include flat screens and digital displays.

7 Dec 2021