Researchers have developed a new form of programmable “virtual” metasurface that can rapidly control light in ways not ...

Scientists have developed a new type of "virtual" metasurface—capable of controlling light in ways traditional lenses and ...

A team led by Stanford senior author Jennifer Dionne has built a device that generates quantum light at room temperature by ...

The technological advancement of optical lenses has long been a significant marker of human scientific achievement. Eyeglasses, telescopes, cameras, and microscopes have all literally and figuratively ...

Programmable metasurfaces are ultrathin electromagnetic (EM) interfaces that can dynamically shape the direction, energy ...

Researchers created an ultra-thin optical array that controls photons like bulky quantum devices, offering a scalable path to room-temperature quantum photonics. (Nanowerk News) In the race toward ...

(Nanowerk News) A photon is the quantum (the minimum amount involved in an interaction) of any form of electromagnetic radiation, such as light. Photons are essential to a number of current research ...

In conclusion, metasurfaces with planar structures can locally modify the wavefront of THz waves at subwavelength resolution. Metasurfaces not only provide an ultra-compact platform for manipulating ...

Researchers have designed new metasurfaces using nanoscale techniques inspired by kirigami that could offer a new chip-based way to achieve nanoscale control of light, which could lead to better ...

Harnessing the power of 'phase-change' materials, researchers have demonstrated how reconfigurable metasurfaces -- artificial materials with extraordinary optical properties -- are crucial to the ...