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Physics Helps Realize Efficient Electro-Optical Materials
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 16, 2020 — A physics advance introduced by Purdue University researchers paves the way toward the creation of more efficient metamaterials. By using semiconductors and by amplifying electron activity, the researchers achieved a 60% improvement in operational frequency, in pursuit of creating a metamaterial capable of functioning very high frequencies, including up to the wavelengths of the visible light spectrum. The advance is poised to significantly increase the resolution of medical scanning and
Megagrant Fuels Nanophotonics Research at MIPT Center for Photonics and 2D Materials
MOSCOW, Dec. 10, 2020 — The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology’s Center for Photonics and 2D Materials was among the winners of eight megagrants authorized by the government of the Russian Federation. The funding will go toward research on advanced...
VCSELs Employ Slow Light to Boost Speed
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 20, 2020 — George Washington University (GWU) researchers have combined multiple transverse coupled cavities to develop a new vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). The cavities in the laser system enhance the laser’s optical feedback...
Helping nanophotonics find its place: Jeremy Staffa
Nov 4, 2020 — The breadth of possible applications in photonics makes Jeremy Staffa excited to witness what he believes could be “one of the most influential fields of the next decade.” He is a doctoral student at the Institute of Optics at the University of...
Max Planck, University of Ottawa Collaboration Extended Five Years
OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 22, 2020 — The Max Planck Society announced an extended, five-year round of funding for the Max Planck—University of Ottawa Centre for Extreme and Quantum Photonics (MPC-EQP). The international collaboration supports workshops, student and researcher...
Lasers Optimize Graphene Microbubble Generation Process
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 13, 2020 — Researchers from five institutions collaborated to develop a method to generate precisely controlled graphene microbubbles on a glass surface using laser pulses. Microbubbles, with applications in pharmaceuticals (drug delivery), biofilm control,...
Shaping Light-Activated Nanocatalysts
HOUSTON, Sept. 25, 2020 — A comparative study from Rice University researchers in the college’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) demonstrated how the shape of nanoparticles affects their ability to drive light-activated reactions. The work is part of LANP’s...
Fisheye Metalens Captures 180 Degree Panoramic Images
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 23, 2020 — Researchers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Lowell have developed a wide-angle metalens capable of producing 180° panoramic images. The design could be adapted for a wide range of applications, such as in smartphones and laptops,...
Laser Pulses Enable Tunable Spin Wave Excitation
MOSCOW, Sept. 11, 2020 — A team of researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Russian Quantum Center, Saratov State University, and Michigan Technological University has demonstrated a method for controlling spin waves in nanostructured...
Purdue Team Patents Atomically Thin Material
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 9, 2020 — A team from Purdue University has received a patent for a 2D nanomaterial that has potential for use in nanoelectronics, quantum devices, and infrared technology used in national defense tools and biochemical sensors. The material is derived from...
Potential of Periodic Array System Supports Nanophotonics Applications
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 7, 2020 — A research team from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the Autonomous University of Madrid has applied periodic arrays containing nanoparticles of different sizes — as opposed to more conventional arrays that contain nanoparticles of a...
Stanford Scientists Trap and Redirect Light with Resonant Nanoantennas
STANFORD, Calif., Sept. 1, 2020 — Researchers in the lab of professor Jennifer Dionne at Stanford University have structured ultrathin silicon chips into nanoscale bars to resonantly trap light, and then release or redirect it later. “We’re essentially trying to trap...
Display Resolution Increases by 3D-Printing Quantum Dot Nanopixels
CHANGWON, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2020 — A display technology developed at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) produces 3D pixels with nanoscale dimensions by 3D-printing quantum dots (QDs) embedded in polymer nanowires. The technology — called “nanophotonic...
Bose-Einstein Condensate Formed in Record-Breaking Time
ESPOO, Finland, July 10, 2020 — Researchers at Aalto University and the University of Eastern Finland have created a Bose-Einstein condensate in femtoseconds (fs) — a record-breaking time for producing this state of matter. Bose-Einstein condensation is a quantum phenomenon...
Molecular Qualities Captured with Plasmons
MOSCOW, July 9, 2020 — Specific properties of small amounts of molecules can now be isolated with the use of graphene-metal film structures, thanks to the work of scientists in Russia and Spain. Their work focuses on a plasmon, which is an electron oscillation that is...
ETH Team Leads Way to More Precise Diffraction Gratings
ZÜRICH, June 29, 2020 — For decades, scientists have tried to improve the design and production of diffraction gratings, one of the oldest and most important technologies for controlling light. An ETH Zürich team, working with colleagues at Utrecht University and...
Integrated Platform for Visible-Light Chip Could Further Miniaturization
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 26, 2020 — To support the miniaturization of optical devices and components, a scientific team led by researchers at ITMO University has devised a quick, affordable method to make visible-light nanophotonic chips. The light source for the chip can be grown...
Twisted Layers of 2D Materials Can Be Used to Propagate and Control Light
NEW YORK, June 22, 2020 — An international scientific team has demonstrated that twistronics — the science of layering and twisting 2D materials to control their electrical properties — can be used to manipulate the flow of light in extreme ways. The findings...
Scientists Demonstrate 310-nm Nanolaser in VIS Range at Room Temperature
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 12, 2020 — An international scientific team led by researchers at ITMO University demonstrated experimentally what it believes to be the world’s most compact semiconductor laser operating in the visible range at room temperature. The nanolaser produces...
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Optical Materials Bending the Rules, Shaping Our World
May 29, 2020 — From the emergence of diverse 2D materials (perovskites for efficient solar cells) and twisted bilayer graphene (superconductive at a “magic angle”) to the boom in polymer science and the promise of quantum photonics, materials science...
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High-Quality Copper Oxide Crystals Synthesized for Quantum Photonics
STOCKHOLM, April 30, 2020 — Researchers from KTH Royal Institute of Technology report that they have developed a scalable production method for cuprous oxide (Cu2O) micrometer-size crystals. Also involved in the study were the Institute of Solid State Physics; Graz University...
Inverse Design Software Automates Design Process for Optical, Nanophotonic Structures
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 11, 2020 — A research team at Stanford University has created an inverse design codebase called SPINS that can help researchers explore different design methodologies to find fabricable optical and nanophotonic structures. Integrated photonics has many...
Optical Defects as Sources of Quantum Light
STANFORD, Calif., March 6, 2020 — Researchers at Stanford University are investigating light-emitting defects in materials that could someday enable quantum-based technologies. Once understood, these defects could be controlled and potentially provide bright, on-demand, predictable...
Materials Integrated with Silicon Photonics Manipulate Light Phase at Low Loss
NEW YORK, March 2, 2020 — A Columbia University team used a 2D material from the transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) class to control the phase of light without changing its amplitude or depleting its power. By placing the atomically thin material on top of passive silicon...
VR Classroom Immerses Students in Nanotechnology
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 11, 2020 — In a custom-developed virtual reality (VR) classroom at the University of Arizona, students can pick up and examine scaled-up versions of nanosize objects. The classroom is part of Nano 2020, a University of Arizona-led initiative to develop...
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