Researchers used their new technique to fold a glass bar (a), create an optical resonator (b) to achieve helical bending (c) and to create a table with a parabolic reflector (middle, lower row).

Photonics is rapidly becoming a key technology for AI in the datacentre to significantly reduce the power consumption of AI ...

In the push to shrink and enhance technologies that control light, MIT researchers have unveiled a new platform that pushes the limits of modern optics through nanophotonics, the manipulation of light ...

With the end of Moore’s Law rapidly approaching—some say it’s already here—new applications of older technologies are gaining attention. One specific area of interest is photonics. The National Center ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The vibrant blue of a morpho butterfly's wings doesn't come from pigments but from light interacting with microscopic structures on its surface. This phenomenon – structural color ...

Medical imaging has always been a race against time: delivering accurate diagnosis to patients with the speed modern healthcare demands. Traditionally, that meant large, immobile ultrasound machines ...

The concept of using silicon photonics to transmit signals has been talked about and researched for years, but the absence of a compelling-enough application to justify the technology’s high cost has ...

CamGraPhIC – Cambridge Graphene Photonic Integrated Circuits – which is developing graphene-based photonic circuits for ...