“Super-supermodes” allow laser light to be focussed to a small spot
Technology could be adapted to operate in the terahertz range to boost wireless data capacity
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Discussing photonics developments and the rest of the week’s highlights
Four of the six finalists in the Start-Up Challenge at Photonics West are pioneering light-based solutions for improved diagnosis and treatment
A frequency-modulated lidar system can detect the velocity of pedestrians and vehicles as well as their location
Performance and manufacturing improvements will be crucial to drive scalability in Facebook’s growing network of data centres
One of the flagship events at the BIOS conference highlights the innovations in biophotonics that are making a real difference in the clinic
Eminent scientists and industry consortia unite to express “deep concern” at apparent deprioritization of photonics in the European Commission’s research and innovation progr...
New silicon-based technology can encode nine bits of information per diffraction-limited area
Experiment is a “milestone” towards seeing the spontaneous emission of Hawking radiation from a lab-based analogue, but questions still remain
Multiphoton laser direct writing creates smallest ever polydimethylsiloxane light guides without the need for a photoinitiator
New work could help advance the field of quantum state engineering with possible applications in quantum networks and quantum computing
Incident terahertz light allows ultrafast switching between topological Weyl semimetal phases in WTe2
New fabrication technique could boost optical computing
Single-molecule experiments are now allowing researchers to start answering critical questions about how living cells function at the fundamental physical level
A freshly derived equation sheds light on the nonlinear responses in graphene and related materials
Hugo Thienpont talks to Anna Demming about the importance of collaboration for the continued success of the photonics sector
Practical lens could be a boon to semiconductor processing
A trained neural network can learn what parameters specific femtosecond laser patterned surfaces require with no input about the physics
Graphene controls the Brewster angle of reflection and allows record-breaking control of terahertz beams
