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,…
Orazio Svelto (1936–2026) | Nature Photonics
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Wild Experiment Suggests Lasers and Graphene Could Propel Future Spacecraft
An experiment on board a parabolic flight showed promising results suggesting that graphene, a thin sheet of carbon…
New ‘vacuum ultraviolet’ laser is 100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing tech
The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It…
Twist-induced orbital chirality in a photonic laser
The combination of two achiral photonic membranes into a twisted bilayer breaks mirror symmetry and induces non-Hermitian coupling…
Sub-1-volt, reconfigurable Gires-Tournois resonators for full-coloured monopixel array
Concept of reconfigurable Gires-Tournois monopixels Reflective displays offer a compact and efficient design, leveraging external light without an…
Continuous-wave narrow-linewidth vacuum ultraviolet laser source
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Maximizing perovskite electroluminescence with ordered 3D/2D heterojunction
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Louisiana $15.6B Pension Fund LASERS Gains $3.2M Bitcoin Exposure Through Strategy
The Louisiana state pension fund (LASERS), a program mandated for all state employees, has reportedly announced its indirect…
New US laser technology could unlock 100,000-qubit quantum computers
Researchers in the US have developed a new technique that could allow quantum computers to scale to well…
High-efficiency broadband active metasurfaces via reversible metal electrodeposition
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A glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real time
A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping…