Infrared imaging improves at-home eczema hydration monitoring
Diagnosis and management of atopic dermatitis, a type of eczema, are complicated by skin temperature fluctuations, unclear responses…
Spin-photon qubits for scalable quantum network
Lodahl, P. Scaling up solid-state quantum photonics. Science 362, 646–646, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav3076 (2018). Article ADS Google Scholar Chanelière, T.…
A molecule that emits laser-like light
Chemists have engineered a new molecule that can help organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) produce purer colors, potentially…
This Quantum Detector Boosts Terahertz Sensitivity by 20 Times
Detecting terahertz radiation using a quantum metasurface-based photoelectric tunable-step terahertz detector – a path to high-sensitivity imaging and…
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…
Robust single-mode laser via merging bound state in the continuum
Theoretical analysis of the merging BIC laser Figure 1a shows the schematic of our merging BIC laser. We…
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…
Negative time could be real as light appears to exit atoms before entry
Physicists have just uncovered fresh evidence for a bizarre quantum phenomenon called negative time, where photons appear to…
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…
Light-Matter Particles Could Revolutionize AI Computing
In this illustration, light is coupled into a nanoscale cavity and interacts with an atomically thin material, creating…
Scientists Just Used Sunlight To Pull Off a Quantum Physics Feat Once Thought Impossible
Correlated photon pairs, generated via sunlight-pumped spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal, demonstrate ghost imaging. Credit: W.…
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…