Shaped light waves penetrate further into photonic crystals
Result overcomes Bragg-length barrier and could have important applications in optoelectronics
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Hydrogen sensor is inspired by butterfly wings
Device operates at room temperature and could be mass produced
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Entangled erbium qubits are addressed individually in a crystal
Random shifts of optical properties could be exploited in quantum devices
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Tiny optical tweezer traps nanoscale objects
Opto-thermo-electrohydrodynamic device could be used to control sub-10-nm photosensitive biomolecules
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Nanoscale LED shines brighter
Light-emitting diode does not suffer from efficiency droop and lases at high current densities thanks to a new fin-shaped design
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Contact-free 3D display responds to tiny changes in ambient humidity
New device uses structural colours rather than chemical pigments and might find use in wearable electronics and electronic skins
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Metasurface laser produces super-twisted light
New device could act as an “optical spanner” or wrench to control physical objects
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‘Twistronics for photons’ brings tunable diffraction-free light rays
Experiments reveal a photonic analogue for electron superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene
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Metasurface-based contact lens corrects colour blindness
New device incorporates nanosized gold ellipses and could help people who struggle to distinguish red from green
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Secrets of nanospiral formation revealed by machine learning
Insights into crystal growth could lead to new optical metamaterials
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