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Researchers Reveal How Materials Become Harder When Illuminated by Light

Semiconductor materials play an indispensable role in our modern information-oriented society. For reliable performance of semiconductor devices, these materials need to have superior mechanical properties: they must be strong as well as resistant to fracture, despite being rich in nanoscale structures.

8 Mar 2021

Researchers Develop New Way to Modulate and Enhance a Nonlinear Optical Process

Nonlinear optics, a study of how light interacts with matter, is critical to many photonic applications, from the green laser pointers we're all familiar with to intense broadband (white) light sources for quantum photonics that enable optical quantum computing, super-resolution imaging, optical sensing and ranging, and more.

5 Mar 2021

Nanoscale Holographic Perceptrons for Performing Optical Inference Tasks on a CMOS Chip

Intelligent holographic nanostructures on CMOS sensors for energy-efficient AI security schemes

5 Mar 2021

New Method Enables Control of Single Photons Without Generating Heat

In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without generating heat. The solution makes it possible to integrate optical switches and single-photon detectors in a single chip.

4 Mar 2021

Giant Optical Anisotropy Measured in Layered Molybdenum Disulfide Crystals

For the first time, scientists from the Center for Photonics and Two-Dimensional Materials at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have successfully measured enormous optical anisotropy in layered molybdenum disulfide crystals.

4 Mar 2021

Radiation Resistant Lens for Low Light Applications

Manufactured from specially selected non browning glass – the Model 313-000 fixed focus lens from Resolve Optics has an aperture of f/1.4 to enable as much light as possible to be gathered and transmitted to the sensor.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 4 Mar 2021

New Technology Helps Improve Performances of Fiber Optoelectronic Components

Advances in wearable devices have enabled e-textiles, which fuse lightweight and comfortable textiles with smart electronics, and are garnering attention as the next-generation wearable technology. In particular, fiber electronic devices endowed with electrical properties, while retaining the specific characteristics of textiles, are key elements in manufacturing e-textiles.

3 Mar 2021

Using Vortex Light for Structural Chirality Detection

Recently, the Laboratory of Micro and Nano Engineering, School of Engineering Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has made important progress in the field of structural chirality detection research using vortex light and found that photon orbital angular momentum can efficiently detect the optical chiral signal of structures.

3 Mar 2021

Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors Assist Accurate 3D Flight Tracking

Optical Surfaces Ltd has been selected by the Optical Engineering Group at the University of Warwick (UK) School of Engineering to supply key focusing optics to enable accurate 3D tracking and analysis of mosquito flight behaviour.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 3 Mar 2021

Intriguing Particles Emerge When Two Photons Couple

Scientists at the University of Bath in the UK have found a way to bind together two photons of different colours, paving the way for important advancements in quantum-electrodynamics – the field of science that describes how light and matter interact. In time, the team’s findings are likely to impact developments in optical and quantum communication, and precision measurements of frequency, time and distances.

3 Mar 2021