The ability to precisely control the various properties of laser light is critical to much of the technology that we use today, from commercial virtual reality (VR) headsets to microscopic imaging for ...

Researchers have built a polarimeter on a microchip, revolutionizing the design of this widely used scientific tool. What do astrophysics, telecommunications and pharmacology have in common? Each of ...

Progress in the conception of planar structured optical interfaces, also dubbed metasurfaces (MS), has been moving at a frantic pace for the last 10 years 1,2,3,4,5,6, mainly driven by the ...

Researcher have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light. (Nanowerk News) Almost a decade ago, ...

Researchers found silica can outperform high-index materials for optical metasurfaces. Its chip-making compatibility enables scalable, robust flat optical devices. (Nanowerk News) An unexpected ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Wen, D., Cadusch, J. J., Fang, Z. & Crozier, K. B. Reconsidering metasurface lasers. Nat. Photon. https ...

An unexpected discovery in a Harvard lab has led to a breakthrough insight into choosing an unconventional material, silica, to make optical metasurfaces – ultra-thin, flat structures that control ...

Researchers have developed a single metasurface that can effectively tune the different properties of laser light, including wavelength, without the need of additional optical components. The ...