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Hyperbolic Metamaterials Enable Nanoscale ‘Fingerprinting’

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 12, 2019 — Hyperbolic metamaterials are artificially made structures that can be formed by depositing alternating thin layers of a conductor such as silver […]

The Future of Photonics Using Quantum Dots

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 27, 2018 — Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables crisscross the globe and package everything from financial data to cat videos into light. But […]

‘Frequency Combs’ ID Chemicals Within the Mid-Infrared Spectral Region

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 — Chemical compounds all carry distinctive absorption “fingerprints” within the mid-infrared spectral region of 2 to 12 microns. This offers an opportunity […]

MEMS Chips Get Metalenses

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 20, 2018 — Lens technologies have advanced across all scales, from digital cameras and high bandwidth in fiber optics to the LIGO lab instruments. Now, […]

Advances Open New Frequency Range for Wireless Communications

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2018 — The world is running out of bandwidth to support our growing communication demands. This is in part due to “internet of […]

The Future of Wireless Communications is Terahertz

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2018 — Electrical and optical engineers in Australia have designed a novel platform that could tailor telecommunication and optical transmissions. Collaborating scientists from […]

Using the Dark Side of Excitons for Quantum Computing

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 20, 2017 — To build tomorrow’s quantum computers, some researchers are turning to dark excitons, which are bound pairs of an electron and the […]

Advance in Light Filtering Technology Has Implications for LCD Screens, Lasers and Beyond

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 13, 2017 — Vector polarizers are a light filtering technology hidden behind the operation of many optical systems. They can be found, for instance, […]

Spin-Current Generation Gets Mid-IR Boost with Plasmonic Metamaterial

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 10, 2017 — Over the last few years, researchers have demonstrated that light can serve as a spin-current generator, creating currents of angular momentum, […]