Nanoantennas target single particles
Device could be used to detect gases such as hydrogen
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Nano-antenna fashions charge from light
New device collects light and converts it into a current
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Invisibility cloak offers a snug fit
Carpet cloak is only a little bigger than the object it's hiding
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Optical sensors boost space science
Hamish Johnston explores how space science and cellular biology are proving profitable areas for optics firms
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Optoelectronics: a green explosion
"Green" photonics is good for the planet and for profits, discovers Richard Stevenson
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Keeping a close eye on the future
President of the Optical Society of America, Christopher Dainty, on the future of optics
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Solar power without solar cells
Sun's energy can be harnessed in insulating 'optical battery', physicists claim
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Holography sharpens up
Holograms based on plasmons that hold their colours regardless of viewing angle
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Thin film has ‘astonishing’ ability to rotate light
Micron-thick sample shifts polarization by 45 degrees
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Doppler shift is seen in reverse
Inverse effect observed at optical wavelengths
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