A new laser that generates quantum particles can recycle lost energy for highly efficient, low…
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.
A new silicon-based chip integrates lasers and resonators to create soliton microcombs, dramatically improving data…
Physicists at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics…
Let there be light! Ultra-thin film could one day be used on reading glasses. Researchers…
Using germanium quantum dots and resonators inspired by quantum mechanics, researchers have dramatically improved silicon’s…
Breakthrough UV photonics with AlInGaN enables room-temperature ultrafast nonlinearity. The field of ultrafast nonlinear photonics…
A new method for shaping and interfering photons offers a powerful tool for building high-dimensional,…
Researchers have shattered the Bragg barrier in photonic crystals, opening new frontiers for light-based quantum…
MIT researchers develop compact on-chip device for detecting electric-field waveforms with attosecond time resolution. Understanding…
A new silicon nitride chip from EPFL achieves record-low optical loss, enhancing performance in photonic…
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…