Three-dimensional chessboards
Researchers at Osaka University develop liquid-phase 3D-patterning to create nanocellulose films aligned along multiple axes within the same sheet. This ...
Tag: Optics
Penn engineers develop first tunable, chip-based ‘vortex microlaser’ and detector
Encoding information in twisting beams of light could break bandwidth bottleneck in optical communicationsCredit: University of Pennsylvania As computers get ...
Observation of intervalley transitions can boost valleytronic science and technology
UC Riverside-led research shows these transitions can emit lightCredit: Erfu Liu, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team ...
Light, fantastic: the path ahead for faster, smaller computer processors
Australian and German researchers build modular bridge design for nanoscale photonic chipCredit: Louise Cooper/University of Sydney Light is emerging as ...
‘Hot and messy’ entanglement of 15 trillion atoms
Credit: ICFO Quantum entanglement is a process by which microscopic objects like electrons or atoms lose their individuality to become ...
2D sandwich sees molecules with clarity
Rice University engineers adapt 2D 'sandwich' for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopyCredit: Lou Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 14, 2020) - A ...
Making quantum ‘waves’ in ultrathin materials
Study co-led by Berkeley Lab reveals how wavelike plasmons could power up a new class of sensing and photochemical technologies ...
Inexpensively locating friendly (and unfriendly) radio waves
Passive method for locating and characterizing radio waves could lead to cameras that can capture images using ambient radio wavesCredit: ...
Silver nanocubes make point-of-care diagnostics easier to read
Researchers use plasmonics to enhance fluorescent markers in lab-on-a-chip diagnostic devicesCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Engineers at ...
Hollow-core fiber raises prospects for next-generation scientific instruments
Credit: University of Southampton The novel fibres' latest advances, published this week in Nature Photonics, have underlined the technology's potential ...
Chameleon materials: The origin of color variation in low-dimensional perovskites
Credit: Sylvia Germes Some light-emitting diodes (LEDs) created from perovskite, a class of optoelectronic materials, emit light over a broad ...
Dendrimers finally have what it takes to break into the laser scene
A team including researchers from the University of Tsukuba have synthesized branched polymer crystals that are tough enough to be ...
How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency ranges
Credit: (Source: University of Oviedo) An international team led by researchers from the University of Oviedo and the Centre for ...
Light, sound, action: Extending the life of acoustic waves on microchips
Foundational work opens door to low-heat, low-energy, fast internetCredit: University of Sydney Scientists in Australia and Europe have taken an ...
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