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Research Paves the Way for Developments in THz Opto-Electronics, Wireless Communication

Using organic DAST crystals pumped with mid-IR pulses, researchers have created an exceptionally strong terahertz field that can directly drive a large change in transmission of a visible probe pulse in quantum dots.

4 Oct 2021

Recent Advances in Quantum Optics Based on Metasurfaces

This paper summarizes recent works on quantum optics based on micro/nano structures. Since its birth, quantum optics has been full of controversies with the locality and reality of classical physics versus the non-locality and uncertainty of quantum physics.

1 Oct 2021

Research Demonstrates Advancements in Optical Control and Polaritonics

Researchers from Skoltech and the University of Southampton, U.K., used all-optical methods to create an artificial lattice whose nodes house polaritons - quasiparticles that are half-light and half-matter excitations in semiconductors.

1 Oct 2021

New Method to Assemble Multiple Micron-Scale Optical Devices on a Single Chip

Researchers have developed a highly accurate way to assemble multiple micron-scale optical devices extremely close together on a single chip.

30 Sep 2021

Error-Protected Qubits in Photonic Chip is Key to Delivering Quantum Computers

A team of researchers from Bristol's Quantum Engineering and Technology Labs has shown how to protect qubits from errors using photons in a silicon chip.

30 Sep 2021

New Technique for Rapid, Repeatable Multi-Photon 3D Printing of Complex Structures

Additive manufacturing – also called 3D printing – has revolutionized many fields and has spurred researchers to investigate manufacturing techniques at the micro- and nanoscale.

29 Sep 2021

Metrology Instrument Provides Unprecedented Accuracy for Characterizing X-Ray Mirrors

X-ray mirrors are widely used for synchrotron radiation facilities, X-ray free-electron lasers and astronomical X-ray telescopes. The short wavelength and grazing incidence impose strict limits on the permissible slope errors.

29 Sep 2021

Scientists Develop a Monolithic InP/SOI Platform for Fully Integrated Si-Photonics

Photonic integrated circuit has been the backbone for low-power and high-speed datacom/telecom communication systems, and is the enabling technology for a variety of emerging applications, including high performance computing, automobile, quantum communication, optical sensing, etc.

29 Sep 2021