A New Era of Optical Communications: The Potential of Parametric Amplifiers
The ability to amplify optical signals in optical fibers to their quantum limit is a crucial technological advancement that underpins our modern information society. The…
Photonics News
Photonic Hopfions: Light Shaped as a Smoke Ring Behaves Like a Particle
Researchers report a new, highly unusual, structured-light family of 3D topological solitons, the photonic hopfions, where the topological textures and topological numbers can be freely…
Dawn of Solid-State Quantum Networks – The Holy Grail of Quantum Information Sciences
Researchers demonstrated high-visibility quantum interference between two independent semiconductor quantum dots — an important step toward scalable quantum networks. Last year’s Nobel Prize in Physics…
Ultrafast Electronic Characterization of Proteins and Materials
Researchers use an optoelectronic resonator to increase the sensitivity of an electron pulse detector, which may lead to ultrafast electronic characterization of proteins and materials….
Caltech’s Breakthrough New Nanophotonic Chip “Squeezes” More Out of Light
Electronic computing and communications have advanced significantly since the days of radio telegraphy and vacuum tubes. In fact, consumer devices now contain levels of processing…
Caltech’s New Optical Switch Could Lead to Ultrafast Signal Processing
Engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a switch—one of the most fundamental components of computing—using optical, rather than electronic, components. This…
Smaller, Cheaper Lidar With New Chip-Based Beam Steering Device
Researchers have developed a new chip-based beam steering technology that provides a promising route to small, cost-effective, and high-performance lidar systems. Lidar, or light detection…
“Life-Like” Lasers Can Self-Organize, Adapt, and Cooperate Like Living Systems
Self-organizing lasers could lead to new materials for sensing, computing, light sources, and displays by mimicking features of living systems. Although many artificial materials have…
Enabling Technologies of Tomorrow: Nanoparticles Control Flow of Light Like Road Signs Direct Traffic
Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images by manipulating the direction in which…
New Photonic Materials Could Enable Ultra-Fast Light-Based Computing
Photonic materials are being developed by researchers to allow for powerful and efficient light-based computing Researchers at the University of Central Florida are developing new…
Transparency on Demand: New Process Can Render Artificial Materials Entirely Invisible
Scientists at the University of Rostock, in close collaboration with partners from the Vienna University of Technology, have developed a novel process that can render…
New Laser Breakthrough for Gravitational Waves Will Test the Fundamental Limits of General Relativity
New laser breakthrough to help increase understanding of gravitational waves. Scientists have created a proof-of-concept setup of a new laser eigenmode sensor that offers over…
Ultrafast Computers Are Coming: Laser Bursts Drive Fastest-Ever Logic Gates
Researchers have taken a decisive step toward creating ultrafast computers. A long-standing quest for science and technology has been to create electronics and information processing…
On-Chip Photodetection: 2D Material Heterojunctions for “Post-Moore Era” Microelectronics
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) use photons as information carriers and feature ultra-high transmission speed, low delay, and anti-electromagnetic crosstalk. These advantages are expected to solve…
Light-Infused Hybrid Particles Speed Energy Transfer in Organic Semiconductors
Polaritons offer the best of two very different worlds. These hybrid particles combine light and molecules of organic material, making them ideal energy transfer vessels…
Inspired by an Ancient Light Trick, “Flat Magic Window” Technology Could Enable a New Type of 3D Display
Researchers Create Flat Magic Window With Liquid Crystals For the first time, scientists empolyed liquid crystals to construct a flat magic window — a transparent…
In Einstein’s Footsteps and Beyond: New Insights Into the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Zero-index metamaterials offer new insights into the foundations of quantum mechanics. In physics, as in life, it’s always good to look at things from different…
Discovery of Strong Electron Correlation in a 2D Material Could Help Engineer Unconventional Superconductivity
Physicists find direct evidence of strong electron correlation in a 2D material for the first time. The discovery could help researchers engineer exotic electrical states…
