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Researchers Create a Flat “Magic Window”

Meeri Kim | 12 May 2022

Liquid-crystal technology enables a completely flat modern version of devices whose roots date back thousands of years. read more  

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A Metalens for Vacuum Ultraviolet Optics

Patricia Daukantas | 11 May 2022

Consisting of tiny zinc oxide triangles, the lens uses second-harmonic generation to convert UV rays into shorter wavelengths. read more  

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An “Optomemristor” for Neural-Net Computing

Stewart Wills | 10 May 2022

Nanoscale electronic memristors enhanced with an “optical control knob” could, in the view of some researchers, offer an improved model of neurons for artificial-intelligence systems. read more  

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Antireflective Coatings for 3D-Printed Lenses

Karen Kwon | 09 May 2022

By lowering the operating temperature during atomic layer deposition, researchers successfully applied AR coating to a complex 3D-printed micro-optics system. read more  

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Terahertz Imaging Reveals Long-Buried Inscription

Sarah Michaud | 05 May 2022

Noninvasive technique reveals the New Testament “Lord’s Prayer” on a corroded lead funerary cross from 16th century France. read more  

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Table-Top X-Ray Laser Probes Ferrimagnet Dynamics

Edwin Cartlidge | 04 May 2022

The finding may make it easier to develop new kinds of spintronic devices. read more  

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Exotic Materials Through Momentum’s Looking-Glass

Stewart Wills | 03 May 2022

Engineered materials with near-zero refractive index, when viewed through the lens of the momentum, turn some classic perspectives of quantum optics on their head. read more  

Industry News

PhotonDelta Snags Massive New Investment

Stewart Wills | 29 April 2022

The Netherlands-based consortium will receive €1.1 billion in public/private funding across six years to build an industry ecosystem for photonic integrated circuits. read more  

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Single-Mode Sapphire Fiber for More Accurate Sensing

Meeri Kim | 28 April 2022

Researchers convert the intrinsically multimode sapphire optical fiber to create a fiber Bragg grating that can better monitor temperature in extreme environments. read more  

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Light-Driven Motors Power Tiny Drones

Patricia Daukantas | 27 April 2022

Tiny polymer disks embedded with gold nanorods can be moved and steered with unfocused near-infrared light beams. read more