Electromagnetic (EM) wave front modulation has important significance in both scientific researches and industrial applications. However, conventional dielectric materials have limited choices of ...

New review in iOptics demonstrates how AI is overcoming key challenges in metasurface design, enabling advanced applications in compact optics and computational imaging.

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and the Max Planck Institute have developed a way to produce a web of quantum entangled photons using a far more simple setup than usual. The key is a ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Programmable metasurfaces have shown great potential for advanced electromagnetic wave manipulation in wireless communications, sensing, and other applications. However, a major ...

University of Texas at Austin engineers advance semiconductor manufacturing with 3D printing - supported by a $14.5 million grant from DARPA.

When a pair of spectacles fog up, it can be nuisance. But when a car windshield or an astronaut’s helmet fogs, the consequences can be fatal. That’s why cars and space suits have their own ...

Artificial intelligence speeds metasurface design from unit cells to full optical systems, enabling compact imaging, AR and VR displays and advanced LiDAR.

An artist's impression of the metasurface laser to produce super-chiral twisted light with OAM up to 100. Courtesy: Wits University A new metasurface laser can produce light in any desired angular ...

Not an aberration: schematic drawing of the metalens (left), which is made of tiny titanium waveguides. The drawing on the right is of a single waveguide. (Courtesy Boubacar Kanté) A new type of ...