Plasmonic structures exhibit a wide range of physical characteristics, which are benefited by the localized and intensified light–matter interaction. There have been many recent advancements with ...

Schematic of the optical cavity with a one molecule thick layer of tungsten diselenide (WSe2) at the antinode, the point where the light field intensity is at its maximum. Credit: Deng Laboratory, ...

Ultrafast magnetic switching and optical control represent a transformative paradigm in the manipulation of magnetic states using light. This field leverages ultrashort laser pulses—often in the ...

Over the past decades, engineers have introduced numerous technologies that rely on light and its underlying characteristics.

Researchers demonstrate ultrafast multivalley optical switching in germanium (Ge) using a single-color pulse laser. This breakthrough enables precise transparency control across multiple wavelengths, ...

In nanophotonics, tiny structures manipulate light at incredibly small scales, enabling a range of advanced technologies. One of the most important tools in this field is the optical resonator, which ...

Researchers from Zhejiang Lab have proposed a novel spatiotemporal mode multiplexing technology, coupling pulsed orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams with diffractive deep neural networks (D2NN) and ...

While many research efforts are underway to develop active devices that can function in the challenging terahertz spectrum, others are leapfrogging to try to get some devices operate into the ...

Over the past few years, Google has been quietly overhauling its data centers, replacing its networking infrastructure with a radical in-house approach that has long been the dream of those in the ...

Finchetto has developed a fully optical passive network switch for data centres, hyperscalers, high-performance compute and telecommunications (Credit: Finchetto) ...

Japanese telecom firm NTT and Tokyo-based electronics giant Toshiba are working on new ways around this problem. In November, ...