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Ultrashort Flashes of Light can Combine Precisely, Separate Quickly in a Quadrillionth of a Second

The technological significance of ultrashort flashes of light lasting below a quadrillionth of a second is rapidly increasing. In laser sources, groups and pairs of light flashes can be developed instead of separate flashes.

1 Nov 2021

Up and Coming Optics Enhances Futuristic AR/VR Displays

Researchers studied the latest progress of HOEs and lithography-assisted devices and their use in AR/VR displays.

28 Oct 2021

New Microcomb Uses Two-Mode Squeezing to Create Unconditional Entanglement Between Optical Fields

Researchers have developed a tiny optical frequency comb, or microcomb, that uses two-mode squeezing to create unconditional entanglement between continuous optical fields.

27 Oct 2021

Spintronic-Metasurface Terahertz Emitter to Generate, Manipulate Chiral Terahertz Waves

As far as basic studies and practical applications are concerned, special benefits are offered by terahertz radiation, which falls between infrared and microwave radiation in the electromagnetic spectrum.

27 Oct 2021

Novel Topological Edge Soliton Enables Robust Light Beams for Photonic Technology

Diffraction is a natural property of light beams. It allows light to bend around obstacles.

26 Oct 2021

New Breakthrough Uses a Material Only Three Atoms Thick to Control Light

Most of us control light all the time without even thinking about it, usually in mundane ways: we don a pair of sunglasses and put on sunscreen, and close—or open—our window blinds.

25 Oct 2021

UV Radiometers for Semiconductor Photolithography

A mask aligner is a precision machine tool used in the semiconductor manufacturing process to transfer a pattern onto a wafer or substrate; these patterns are micro and nano in scale.

From Gigahertz-Optik Inc 25 Oct 2021

New, Compact Photonic Isolator Uses Sound Waves to Rein in Light

Light offers an irreplaceable way to interact with our universe. It can travel across galactic distances and collide with our atmosphere, creating a shower of particles that tell a story of past astronomical events.

22 Oct 2021

Magnetic-Free, Electrically Driven Optical Isolator Enables Light Routing on a Chip

Integrated photonics allow us to build compact, portable, low-power chip-scale optical systems used in commercial products, revolutionizing today's optical datacenters and communications.

22 Oct 2021