Low-power optical device achieves around 100 times amplification using just a couple of hundred milliwatts of input power
Read article: Compact optical amplifier is efficient enough for on-chip integration
Laser scanning microscopy using a fluid-based prism to steer the light could help researchers learn more about neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease
Read article: Fluid-based laser scanning technique could improve brain imaging
Nearly all light emitted by nitrogen-vacancy centres can be collected, providing a boost for these room-temperature quantum technology platforms
Read article: Chip-integrated nanoantenna efficiently harvests light from diamond defects
A new hybrid copper iodide semiconductor converts nearly all the photoenergy it receives into blue light
Read article: Deep-blue LEDs get a super-bright, non-toxic boost
Researchers create a photonic engine that can manipulate microwave and optical signals and convert the signals between the two domains
Read article: Single silicon chip processes optical and microwave signals
Physicists create the first device that can control a superconducting microwave qubit using only light
Read article: Quantum transducer enables optical control of a superconducting qubit
Untethered microscopic robots offer new ways of probing the microscopic world
Read article: Magnetically controlled microbots are small enough to diffract visible light
A metasurface-based folded lens system shows promise for creating a new generation of slimline cameras
Read article: Lens breakthrough paves the way for ultrathin cameras
A novel 3D printing method can rapidly produce optical components with commercial-level quality
Read article: Blurred tomography fabricates custom microlenses with optically smooth surfaces
Researchers demonstrate a novel computation architecture based on the interaction of optical and acoustic waves
Read article: Sound and light waves combine to create advanced optical neural networks
