Capasso Group at Harvard SEAS invents multimodal light manipulator that “could replace beam-splitting waveguides.”

Near-IR technique spots microplastics and monitors water uptake of plants.

Potential applications are in optical communications, chiral sensing, and vortex mode generation.

Nanjing University group uses optical computing to boost accuracy and efficiency of fiber-optic sensing.

New ultrafast component transmits high data volumes in optical networks; with multiple applications.

Following experiments with transparent conducting oxides; glass that alters how light travels through it.

Modern devices and quantum imaging can capture biological processes in their natural state.

Penn State and Paris Saclay universities show how light from 2D materials is modulated by 2D “island” core.

Using single-gradient metasurface to generate multiphoton entanglement enhances efficiency of quantum information processing.

Partners include LZH, Layertec, Asphericon, 3DMicromac, OptiXfab, Cutting Edge Coatings, Robeko, and Fraunhofers.

Optical-photothermal infrared technique improves upon existing fluorescence methods in search for microbes.

“Perovision” approach optimises nickel oxide layers using spatial atomic layer deposition.