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Ultrasmall optical devices rewrite the rules of light manipulation

Nanophotonic devices developed at MIT are compact, efficient, reprogrammable, adaptive, and able to dynamically respond to external inputs.

Scientists Create the Smallest Silicon Light Source

Researchers at ITMO University have developed a new photoluminescence amplification method for silicon. The metasurface designed by the physicists can enhance silicon's ability to absorb and emit light by 10,000 times – at a record-low volume of the material.

Could Metasurfaces Be The Next Quantum Information Processors?

Researchers blend theoretical insight and precision experiments to entangle photons on an ultra-thin chip

Tunable Laser Light

Ring design could be used in telecom, medicine and more

Researchers Learn to Quick Control Metasurfaces With Light

A team of researchers from ITMO University, Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy), and the University of Brescia (Italy) have developed a new approach to control the properties of metasurfaces using laser radiation.

Microfocus X-Ray Sources for Li-ion Batteries: High-Resolution Inspection from Cylindrical to Prismatic Cells

This article examines the application of MFX source technology in inspecting cylindrical, pouch, and prismatic battery cells, highlighting its technical advantages, integration capabilities, and the increasing need for such inspections in modern manufacturing environments.

Scientists build first self-illuminating biosensor

Engineers have harnessed quantum physics to detect the presence of biomolecules without the need for an external light source, overcoming a significant obstacle to the use of optical biosensors in healthcare and environmental monitoring settings.

The high-tech wizardry of integrated photonics

PhD candidate Sabrina Corsetti builds photonic devices that manipulate light to enable previously unimaginable applications, like pocket-sized 3D printers.

Unclonable Antocounterfeiting Tags Based on Optical Properties of Gold and Silicon

Scientists at ITMO have come up with a new way to protect microelectronics devices from counterfeit. The new technology is based on gold and silicon nanoparticles with unique optical properties that make it possible to create unclonable functions with a record information density.