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Rethinking physics: Silvia Vignolini on succeeding at the boundary between disciplines

Schematic drawing of a photon collision at a time interface, showing two waves propagating across the faces of two clocks and a burst of yellow where they meet

Light waves made to collide as if they were massive objects

Metamaterials known as time interfaces reshape pulses of light

Rapidly swapping photons make a high-quality quantum gate

Experiment with two superconducting cavities could lead to better quantum computers

Research headlines

A painting of Christiaan Huygens superimposed over a drawing of a pendulum clock shaking hands with a light beam, under the caption "When two 350-year-old theorems of Huygens meet"

Theorists unearth new link between entanglement and classical mechanics

stars (white arcs) appear to rotate around the north celestial pole

Daytime polarization patterns point the way to True North

Fibre-optic sensing system measures strain, temperature and vibration

All-in-one chip combines laser and photonic waveguide for the first time

Integrated device could help miniaturize quantum computers based on atoms or ions

Quantum fluctuations are controlled for the first time, say optics researchers

Work could benefit probabilistic optical computing

Alpine adaptive optics experiment paves the way for terabit-per-second satellite links

Researchers at ETH Zurich tested a new high-rate optical data transmission system over 53km of free space between the Jungfrau mountain and the University of Bern

Meta-optical fibres downsize endoscopes

An inverse designed meta-optic can reduce the length of an endoscope tip by a third

New particle accelerator is driven by curved laser beams

Technique could make it easier to create multi-stage laser wakefield systems

Squid-inspired material controls the transmission of light, heat and microwaves

Elastomer could be used in energy-efficient buildings

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Photonics West 2023

A series of short films showcasing the latest optics and photonics innovations from exhibitors at Photonics West 2023

Avantes launches its new Pacto spectrometer

The Pacto has been tailored for the life sciences and biomedical industries

Detection technologies from the Tibidabo group

Tibidabo group companies outline their range of products designed for photon detection

Innovation in diamond applications from Element Six

Staff from Element Six outline the many thermal, optical and quantum applications of diamond

Tunable lasers and femtosecond lasers from Hübner Photonics

Hübner Photonics introduces the company's C-WAVE product family of tunable and laser light sources

MKS-Newport’s high performance optical filters

MKS-Newport introduces the ODiate high-performance optical filter line at Photonics West 2023

New fibre laser technology from NKT Photonics

NKT Photonics presents new fibre lasers for the quantum computing community

Vibration isolation products from Minus K Technology

Minus-K Technology showcases the company's range of passive vibration isolators

Features

Michael Robertson: pioneer of optical communications disconnects from the network

Lia Li: the physicist unlocking navigation technology

red GaN-based LEDs on silicon substrates

Mastering the manufacture of microLED displays

Explore more in optics and photonics

Peter Andersen, group leader in biophotonic imaging at DTU Health Tech

Spatially offset OCT: counter-intuitive scheme delivers high-contrast imaging at depth

Researchers in Denmark, Scotland and Australia have come up with an alternative take on optical coherence tomography

Metasurfaces simplify optical sensing systems

This podcast features the CEO of a company that makes metalenses

Our colourful world: an illustrated journey through the rainbow

Michael Banks and his son Henry review Can You Get Rainbows in Space? by Sheila Kanani, illustrated by Liz Kay

A photo showing the new bendy silicon solar cells flopping over in a person's hand like a piece of flimsy card

Silicon solar cells gain new flexibility

Blunted edge technique could make silicon a viable material in applications that call for lightweight, bendable cells

LASER lights up photonics technologies

Dedicated to showcasing the latest innovations in optics and photonics, this year's LASER World of PHOTONICS will feature more than 1200 suppliers of both industrial systems and scientific equipment

Metalens-based spectrometer fits on a chip

Compact new device could have applications in information security and processing

laser speckle imaging captures detailed images of blood vessels in a beating heart outside the body

Laser speckle imaging assesses donor hearts

Improved imaging technique could provide valuable information regarding the quality of an organ to be transplanted

Leaky-wave metasurfaces connect waveguides to free-space optics

Research could lead to portable quantum optics

Single-photon LIDAR system images 3D objects underwater

New sensor works in real time and could have applications in off-shore engineering, marine archaeology and defence

Great gaffe in the sky: the erroneous physics behind The Dark Side of the Moon

Uncovering the physics inconsistencies of the ground-breaking Pink Floyd album cover

Photo of Esma Ugur, a woman wearing a head covering, lab coat, safety glasses and gloves, holding a chip the size of a small coin. This chip contains the solar cell.

Perovskite solar cells reach new milestones for stability and efficiency

Three recent results highlight how the technology just keeps getting better

Surface plasmon polaritons launched by nano-emitters are imaged in the near field

Tip-enhanced nanospectroscopy reveals quasiparticle standing waves

Telescope in the ASTRI mini-array at the Teide Observatory

Silicon photomultipliers: gearing up for applications in gamma-ray astronomy

Silicon photomultipliers will provide a core enabling technology in the Cherenkov Telescope Array, the world’s largest and most sensitive gamma-ray observatory

Australian firm’s watery solution for solar power

A novel approach to the counterintuitive problem of solar farms receiving too much sunlight

Microwave photons are entangled with optical photons

New scheme could improve superconductor-based quantum computers

Large metalenses are produced on a mass scale

Nanostamping is combined with photolithography to create flat optics

Concentrated solar reactor generates unprecedented amounts of hydrogen

Photoelectrochemical device also produces usable heat and oxygen and could be commercialized in the near future

Multicoloured light source gives compressive spectroscopy a boost

Device could be used in compact and portable instruments

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