We chat about curved waveguide technology and a mysterious stellar system
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A lightweight, compact adaptive liquid lens could prove ideal for mobile phone cameras, endoscopes and machine vision applications
Read article: Electrically responsive fluid creates a variable-focus liquid lens
New method uses a commercially available laser system to generate femtosecond pulses of visible light
Read article: Ultrashort visible light pulses made easy
New structures could find use in consumer electronics, medical imaging and photovoltaic devices
Read article: Metal-organic frameworks stabilize perovskite LEDs
Pixels of liquid crystalline elastomer shift colour from near-infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths when stretched by less than 20%
Read article: Inflatable liquid crystalline elastomers create complex colour-changing displays
Geophysicist Rob Abbott on using a novel instrument to study sea ice in the Arctic
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Replacing electronic connectors with optical ones provides an energy-efficient way to scale up quantum computers
Read article: Optical links help superconducting quantum computers keep their cool
Material layers compress empty space between optical components
Read article: Light-squashing ‘spaceplates’ could lead to paper-thin smartphones
Electron tunnelling phenomenon boosts current and device efficiency
Read article: Efficient optical rectenna could generate power from waste heat
New optical coating technology produces low-loss, high-performance mirror for mid-infrared wavelengths
Read article: Crystalline supermirrors cut optical losses
