Metalenses represent a revolutionary advancement in optical technology. Unlike conventional microscope objectives that rely on curved glass surfaces, metalenses employ nanoscale structures to manipulate light at the subwavelength ...
Augmented reality (AR), the technology that overlays digital content onto what users see around them in real-time, is now widely used in the retail, gaming and entertainment industries, as well as in some educational settings ...
By carefully placing nanostructures on a flat surface, researchers at Link枚ping University, Sweden, have significantly improved the performance of so-called optical metasurfaces in conductive plastics. This is a major step ...
Molding the flow of light鈥攚hether confined to localized regions or propagating in free space鈥攔emains crucial for modern integrated photonics. The advancement of the multi-channel, programmable optical waveguide and coupler ...
Converting sunlight into electricity is the task of photovoltaic solar cells, but nearly half the light that reaches a flat silicon solar cell surface is lost to reflection. While traditional antireflective coatings help, ...
Polarization, along with intensity, wavelength, and phase, is a fundamental property of light. It enhances contrast and resolution in imaging compared to traditional intensity-based methods. On-chip polarization devices rely ...
Beams of light that can be guided into corkscrew-like shapes called optical vortices are used today in a range of applications. Pushing the limits of structured light, Harvard applied physicists in the John A. Paulson School ...
Researchers from ICMAB are revolutionizing how we manipulate light at the nanoscale using chiral plasmonic structures鈥攏anomaterials designed to interact with polarized light in extraordinary ways.
Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers unveiled the world's first visible-spectrum metasurfaces鈥攗ltra-thin, flat devices patterned with nanoscale structures that could precisely control the behavior of light. A powerful ...
Capturing precise 3D details with a single camera has long been a challenge. Traditional methods often require complex dual-camera setups or specialized lighting conditions that are impractical for real-world applications. ...
