2D materials Research update 2D materials grow directly on optical fibres New hybrid might find applications in optoelectronic devices Read article: 2D materials grow directly on optical fibres
Integrated optics Research update Smooth photonic waveguides keep propagation losses low Researchers used a new photolithography-assisted technique to make optical true delay lines with ultralow propagation losses Read article: Smooth photonic waveguides keep propagation losses low
Acoustics Research update Tiny ultrasound detector achieves super-resolution imaging Chip-based device images structures smaller than living cells Read article: Tiny ultrasound detector achieves super-resolution imaging
Integrated optics Analysis SPONSORED Automated alignment: a game-changer in quantum photonics Scott Jordan explains how to streamline the alignment, test and packaging of devices Read article: Automated alignment: a game-changer in quantum photonics
Microscopy Research update Dark-field microscopes made easy Adding a mirrored substrate to a standard optical microscope’s sample stage could greatly simplify dark-field imaging and make it more widely accessible Read article: Dark-field microscopes made easy
Business and innovation Blog Realistic visions for augmented-reality headsets After an euphoric few years, developers of augmented reality devices face tough challenges ahead Read article: Realistic visions for augmented-reality headsets
Materials Research update Hyperbolic lattice appears in a coplanar waveguide array Device can be used to reproduce the physics of negative curvature in non-Euclidean space Read article: Hyperbolic lattice appears in a coplanar waveguide array
Advanced materials Research update Topological quantum materials switch up a gear Incident terahertz light allows ultrafast switching between topological Weyl semimetal phases in WTe2 Read article: Topological quantum materials switch up a gear
Integrated optics Research update Sounding out lasing in silicon Lasing by stimulating acoustic vibrations in a silicon waveguide may bring integrated silicon photonics a step closer Read article: Sounding out lasing in silicon
Integrated optics Research update Going ballistic to pin down Majorana particles Researchers find experimental proof of a particle that is its own antiparticle, and a potential qubit Read article: Going ballistic to pin down Majorana particles
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