Metasurfaces featuring tailored silver nanocubes could allow thermal photodetectors to approach speeds akin to traditional ...

Researchers have experimentally realized an optical effect predicted over 75 years ago: the Tellegen effect, where electric ...

Light is an unusually rich carrier of information. Its direction of travel, wavelength, and polarization can all be used to ...

Nuclear magnetic resonance –based co-magnetometers are essential tools for applications ranging from inertial navigation to geophysical exploration and biomedical sensing. Their performance critically ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Textile engineering has long been a cornerstone of human innovation, from ancient weaving techniques to modern fabric production. However, the integration of textiles with ...

Researchers have designed and demonstrated a new optical component that could significantly enhance the brightness and image quality of augmented reality (AR) glasses. The advance brings AR glasses a ...

Researchers have developed a new technology that uses meta-optical devices to perform thermal imaging. The approach provides richer information about imaged objects, which could broaden the use of ...

Metasurface-based bioimaging techniques for cell, animal, and human applications. In the modern world, our ability to visualize and understand the inner workings of living organisms has been ...

Study shows aggressive cancer cells reveal themselves by physical behavior on textured metasurfaces, not genes, enabling fast, label-free detection missed by flat tests. (Nanowerk News) New study ...

Harnessing the power of 'phase-change' materials, researchers have demonstrated how reconfigurable metasurfaces -- artificial materials with extraordinary optical properties -- are crucial to the ...