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Researchers Develop a New Scheme for Trapping Single Photons in a Cavity

Photons are the basis for many next-generation quantum technologies, including ultra-secure quantum communications and potentially game-changing quantum computers.

6 Dec 2021

Multilayer Thin-Film Neural Networks for Optical Inverse Problems

Optical inverse problems, such as optical metrology and inverse optical design, have always been a research field of significant focus because of their wide applications in science and industry.

6 Dec 2021

New Concept to Convert Invisible Infrared into Visible Light

Detecting light beyond the visible red range of our eyes is hard to do, because infrared light carries so little energy compared to ambient heat at room temperature.

3 Dec 2021

A Viable Strategy for Achieving Topologically-Protected, Localized Zero-Dimensional State for Light

Light not only plays a key role as an information carrier for optical computer chips, but also in particular for the next generation of quantum computers.

3 Dec 2021

Researchers Design Broad-Range Luminescent Boltzmann Thermometer

Luminescent thermometers become progressively essential for remote, non-invasive temperature sensing at particularly small lateral dimensions, as contact-based detection methods only function in a partial way or even not at all. Standard application areas are temperature recording on catalytic surfaces or in biomedical procedures.

30 Nov 2021

UH Researcher Develops New Fluid that can be Cut Open by Light

Jiming Bao, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, has developed a new fluid that can be cut open by light and demonstrated macroscopic depression of ferrofluid, the kind of fluid that can be moved around with a magnet.

30 Nov 2021

Researchers Develop Method to Produce a Glow-in-the-Dark Light Using Organic Materials

Glow-in-the-dark materials are utilized worldwide for emergency signs, watches, and paint. This useful characteristic fuels a global market worth approximately US$400 million.

30 Nov 2021

New Project Focuses on Photonics and Quantum Optics Principles to Make Advances in Future

The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) today announced a further renewal of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC)/Transregio 142, "Tailor-made nonlinear photonics: From fundamental concepts to functional structures" at Paderborn University.

30 Nov 2021

Creating Excellent Solid Materials with Versatile Hydrocarbon Annihilators

Solid-solution organic crystals are being used in the quest for better photon upconversion materials, which convert currently wasted long-wavelength light into more beneficial shorter wavelength light.

26 Nov 2021

New Microscope Uses Photonics to Gain Insights into ‘Superbugs’

Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner workings and behaviours of superbugs to gain new insights into how they cause disease.

24 Nov 2021