Effect could lead to better nanomechanical devices
Increasing the refractive index of dielectric particles creates intense and narrow photonic nanojets of radiation that allow super subwavelength imaging
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Newly discovered effect could lead to better paints and sensors
Tiny device offers low power consumption by using ultralow-loss microresonator
Naomi Halas gives a whistle stop tour of plasmonics “From Faraday to tomorrow”
A cylindrical rod with three concentric metasurfaces has been shown to boost the scattering of microwave light
University of Waterloo physicist speaks at special lecture at the Institute of Physics headquarters in London
Discussing photonics developments and the rest of the week’s highlights
Integrating a regular diode with electronic devices could one day lead to efficient on-chip cooling
“Super-supermodes” allow laser light to be focussed to a small spot
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...
Technology could be adapted to operate in the terahertz range to boost wireless data capacity
Novel photonic microscope uncovers pseudo-periodic behaviour in the thermal vibrations of carbon nanotubes
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
