In the increasingly digital world, the demand for faster, more efficient and miniaturized optical devices is ever-growing. From high-speed internet and secure quantum communications to advanced ...

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 ...

In a recent review article published in the journal Light: Science & Applications, researchers recently examined advances in ultrafast photonics, highlighting how the combination of nonlinear optical ...

Image Fig. 1. Overview of Metamaterials in Ultrafast Optics and Photonics. The left panel illustrates the modulation of ultrashort pulses through the use of metasurfaces. This includes various ...

Nonlinear optical dynamics—intensity-dependent response of light upon interaction with materials under high-intensity light sources—are of huge significance in modern photonics, finding applications ...

Adaptive photonic circuits produced measurable nonlinear quantum dynamics using real-time feed-forward control and ...

Researchers demonstrate that femtosecond laser-induced transient Pauli blocking can achieve ultrafast, broadband optical switching from visible to near-infrared. (Nanowerk News) Recent decades have ...

Nonlinear optics describes the regime in which the response of a material to an applied electromagnetic field depends nonlinearly on the field amplitude. Whereas in linear optics the induced ...

A team led by EPFL has built a laser on a single photonic chip that fires femtosecond pulses with energy and speed that, until now, required bench-top instruments occupying an entire optical table.

Highly anticipated: Scientists at the University of Arizona have demonstrated a method to capture and manipulate quantum uncertainty in real time using rapid pulses of light, marking what they ...

In the increasingly digital world, the demand for faster, more efficient and miniaturised optical devices is ever-growing. From high-speed internet and secure quantum communications to advanced ...