A team of engineers has packed light generation, routing, and detection onto a single chip by encoding data in a quantum ...

Photonic crystals are engineered materials featuring a periodic arrangement of dielectric elements that modulate the propagation of light via constructive and destructive interference. By tailoring ...

Designing materials that steer light is a slow kind of trial and error. Each candidate structure must be tested in computer ...

Photonic crystals (or photonic bandgap materials) are fascinating materials which have the characteristics of presenting periodic changes in refractive index. Such types of systems can be found in ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Structural colors – the vibrant hues that arise not from pigments but from the interaction of light with microscopic structures – are among nature’s most captivating phenomena.

“This work could lead to the first experimental realization of photonic time crystals, propelling them into practical applications and potentially transforming industries," says Professor Viktar ...

Photonic circuits, which manipulate light to perform various computational tasks, have become essential tools for a range of advanced technologies—from quantum simulations to artificial intelligence.

Researchers have demonstrated two chip-scale photonic methods to generate stable microwave and millimetre-wave signals, with ...

Photonic devices are hardware systems that can process information using light instead of electricity. These systems could ...

Photonic space-time crystals are materials that could increase the performance and efficiency of wireless communication or laser technologies. They feature a periodic arrangement of special materials ...

Researchers have developed a new way to create extremely small patterns on chip materials at room temperature, potentially ...

Eighty years after ENIAC helped launch the electronic age at the University of Pennsylvania, a new Penn-led advance points to ...