Degenerate band edge (DBE) phenomena represent a striking feature in periodic photonic structures, in which four Bloch eigenmodes coalesce at a unique point in the dispersion diagram. This degeneracy ...

Asymmetric optical transmission refers to the engineered phenomenon whereby light propagates with different efficiencies in opposite directions within a photonic structure. This effect is achieved by ...

Researchers at the University of Central Florida have demonstrated a method for generating scalable quantum entanglement on ...

Researchers used their new technique to fold a glass bar (a), create an optical resonator (b) to achieve helical bending (c) and to create a table with a parabolic reflector (middle, lower row).

Taking inspiration from the 3D photonic structures on a Morpho butterfly’s shimmering blue wings, scientists at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have developed colored solar ...

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from the University of California, Irvine, has demonstrated a ...

Light moving through a tiny silicon structure does not look dramatic. It slips down narrow waveguides etched onto a chip, ...

Many of today’s computing and communications applications demand almost unimaginable processing capability and high-bandwidth access to memory. For example, many data center systems using high-end ...

Researchers have created a nanoscale structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick—over 1,000 times ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The vibrant blue of a morpho butterfly's wings doesn't come from pigments but from light interacting with microscopic structures on its surface. This phenomenon – structural color ...