A new silicon nitride chip from EPFL achieves record-low optical loss, enhancing performance in photonic…
Browsing: Photonics
Photonics is the science and technology of generating, controlling, and detecting photons—particles of light. It underpins a wide range of modern technologies, from fiber-optic communications and lasers to imaging systems, quantum computing, and medical diagnostics. As the demand for faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient systems grows, photonics plays an increasingly vital role in areas like data transmission, sensing, and advanced manufacturing. This page showcases the latest research and innovations in photonics, highlighting developments that are shaping the future of light-based technologies.
Researchers at Utrecht University and at TU Wien (Vienna) create special light waves that can…
A world-first method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons—light particles—heralds a new future…
Researchers from Louisiana State University have introduced a smart quantum technology for the spatial mode…
University of Bonn physicists have identified a new overdamped phase in an optical Bose-Einstein condensate…
Researchers demonstrate a novel photonic interference effect that could pave the way to large-scale controllable…
Using two coupled microresonators, scientists created “Gear Solitons”—counter-rotating pulses that generate tunable frequency combs. Periodic…
A collaborative team of materials scientists and theoretical chemists provide hybrid perovskite nanoparticles that are…
QCLs Exhibit Extreme Pulses Extreme events occur in many observable contexts. Nature is a prolific…
Researchers created a highly efficient single-photon source using a light-funneling micro-cavity. The advance could significantly…
Dotty graphene and doping: Whatever it takes for Russia’s record plasmonics to shine. Physicists from…
International team of researchers uses photonic networks for pattern recognition. In the digital age, data…
Researchers have created a groundbreaking light-based processor using frequency combs that drastically enhances the speed…
Novel approach shows promise for overcoming the bottleneck of blue emission in displays using organic…
Terahertz radiation, or T-rays, can reveal valuable information about the structure and dryness of our…
Discovery provides insight for developing next-generation optoelectronic and infrared devices. In groundbreaking new research, an…
The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the…
Fiber optics built into a chip can deliver all the laser light needed to control…