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General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jan 9, 2014

Researchers lay out theory for metamaterials that act as an analog computer

The field of metamaterials has produced structures with unprecedented abilities, including flat lenses, invisibility cloaks and even optical "metatronic" devices that can manipulate light in the way electronic circuitry manipulates ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 7, 2014

Nanoplasmonics: Towards efficient light harvesting

The control of light is vital to many applications, including imaging, communications, sensing, cancer treatment, and even welding processes for automobile parts. Transformation optics is an emerging field that has revolutionized ...

Optics & Photonics Jan 7, 2014

Inverse design: New route to design a practical invisibility cloak

With the emergence of metamaterials and transformation optics in the past few years, invisibility has become a scientific possibility that has attracted sustainable research interest. Recently, a review paper, entitled "Invisibility ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Dec 20, 2013

Harry Potter-style invisibility cloaks: A real possibility next Christmas?

Mums and Dads beware, next year's Christmas wish list could be more out of reach (or sight…) than ever before. Invisibility, a long sought-after speculation in science fiction, has been turned into reality in the laboratory ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Dec 18, 2013

Researchers design first battery-powered invisibility cloak

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have proposed the first design of a cloaking device that uses an external source of energy to significantly broaden its bandwidth of operation.

Optics & Photonics Dec 18, 2013

Researchers peek at the forgotten component of light

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —Âé¶¹ÒùÔºicists from FOM institute AMOLF have for the first time simultaneously measured the electrical and magnetic fields of light. With such a measurement scientists can better understand the behaviour of light ...

Condensed Matter Dec 12, 2013

Light and sound fire scientists' imaginations: Researchers lead review of photonic, phononic metamaterials

Strategies to manipulate light and sound go back to the first spherical glass bead and the pounding of the first hollow log. But their full potential is only just becoming apparent, according to a review by materials scientists ...

Condensed Matter Dec 5, 2013

Nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial created

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —The Information Age will get a major upgrade with the arrival of quantum processors many times faster and more powerful than today's supercomputers. For the benefits of this new Information Age 2.0 to be fully ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Dec 2, 2013

Invisibility cloak hides parts of objects, leaves other parts visible

(Âé¶¹ÒùÔº) —When Harry Potter walks around with a visible head but an invisible body, the performance seems strongly rooted in fantasy. But in a new study, scientists have designed and fabricated an invisibility cloak that ...

Condensed Matter Nov 20, 2013

Scientists create perfect solution to iron out kinks in surfaces

A new technique that allows curved surfaces to appear flat to electromagnetic waves has been developed by scientists at Queen Mary University of London.

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