A global review of advancements in integrating metasurfaces—thin planar arrays of nanostructures—into optoelectronic devices highlights their potential to transform technologies such as light emitting ...

Physicists in China have demonstrated that a structure called an optical metasurface can individually trap up to 78,400 ...

Scientists in China have developed a metasurface platform that realizes true three-dimensional (3D) vectorial holography by ...

One of the main objectives of optics is the control of light propagation and confinement. Progress in optics historically started with the development of bulky lenses and mirrors, then prisms and ...

(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 ...

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

Researchers have experimentally realized an optical effect predicted over 75 years ago: the Tellegen effect, where electric and magnetic responses intertwine in a nonreciprocal way. Using nanoscale ...

Researchers created an ultra-thin optical array that controls photons like bulky quantum devices, offering a scalable path to room-temperature quantum photonics. (Nanowerk News) In the race toward ...

Researchers have uncovered hidden potential in metasurfaces and demonstrated optical devices that manipulate light's polarization state with an unprecedented degree of control. The research ...

Engineers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new system that can move objects without making physical contact. The technique involves ultrasound waves acting on specialized surfaces to ...