Single-mode lasers before the merger
A central problem in semiconductor lasers is deceptively simple: how can one increase optical performance without allowing unwanted…
Ultrafast triggering of strong coupling in a semiconductor terahertz Fabry-Pérot cavity
THz characterization of a photo-excited thin Si wafer When a semiconductor is excited above band-gap, its optical properties…
A Two-Person Startup Has Fixed One of the Most Hated Sounds in Modern Life
To banish repetitive harsh beeps when pressing multiple buttons, like when you’re cycling through the microwave’s menus, Starling…
Juno’s Microwave Vision Peers beneath Surface of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io
New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft show temperatures spike more than 20 degrees Celsius just a few meters…
Topological Jackiw-Rebbi states in photonic Van der Waals heterostructures
Theoretical model for guided modes of photonic gratings Assuming continuous translational symmetry in the lateral y direction, the…
Spin-photon qubits for scalable quantum network
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Dynamically tunable membrane metasurfaces for infrared spectroscopy and strong light-matter interactions
To investigate the thermal tunability of the Si membrane metasurfaces, we first performed temperature-dependent optical characterization using a…
Ultraviolet-C to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in periodically poled lithium tantalate waveguides
Principle concept and structural design Figure 1 schematically illustrates the proposed waveguide structure for achieving UV to MIR…
Spectral level repulsion and Lifshitz-like states in hyperuniform disordered photonic networks
The samples investigated in this work are based on the design of a purely two-dimensional stealthy hyperuniform disordered…
Gigahertz-rate thin-film lithium niobate receiver for time-bin quantum communication
Device description and operating principle A conceptual device layout is shown in Fig. 1a. It consists of two…
Topological control of chirality and spin with structured light
Concept of spin-orbit interactions driven by beam topology Before demonstrating how topological structuring enables SOI in paraxial light,…
Single-shot, reference-less computational wavefront sensing for complex optical fields
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