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New polymer materials make fabricating optical interconnects easier
Researchers have developed new polymer materials that are ideal for making the optical links necessary to connect chip-based photonic components with board-level circuits or …
Researchers generate high-quality quantum light with modular waveguide device
Researchers have successfully generated strongly nonclassical light using a modular waveguide-based light source. By combining a waveguide optical parametric amplifier (OPA) module created for …
Electron lens formed by light: A new method for atomic-resolution electron microscopes
Researchers have proposed a new method to form an electron lens that will help reduce installation costs for electron microscopes with atomic resolution, proliferating …
Researchers develop glass-in-glass fabrication approach for making miniature IR optics
Researchers have developed a new fabrication process that allows infrared (IR) glass to be combined with another glass and formed into complex miniature shapes. …
Engineering the quantum states in solids using light
A research team has developed a platform that can control the properties of solid materials with light and measure them.
How eye imaging technology could help robots and cars see better
Using lessons learned from the eye-imaging technology optical coherence tomography (OCT), engineers have demonstrated a LiDAR system that is fast and accurate enough to …
Quantum physics sets a speed limit to electronics
Semiconductor electronics is getting faster and faster - but at some point, physics no longer permits any increase. The speed can definitely not be …
Physicists create extremely compressible 'gas of light'
Researchers have created a gas of light particles that can be extremely compressed. Their results confirm the predictions of central theories of quantum physics. …
Tomographic measurement of dielectric tensors?
A research team reported the direct measurement of dielectric tensors of anisotropic structures including the spatial variations of principal refractive indices and directors. The …
Novel quantum sensing possibilities with nonlinear optics
Researchers used the nonlinear optical response of atom-like defects in a diamond to build a tiny thermometer. This research may lead to temperature sensors …
Turning any camera into a polarization camera
Researchers have developed a metasurface attachment that can turn just about any camera or imaging system, even off-the-shelf systems, into polarization cameras. The attachment …
Stackable 'holobricks' can make giant 3D images
Researchers have developed a new method to display highly realistic holographic images using 'holobricks' that can be stacked together to generate large-scale holograms.