The demand for greater data throughput seems endless, and it is accelerating faster than many people expected, creating bottlenecks in fiber-optics networks. Digital transmissions of 100 Gbps, which ...

Nanophotonics uses light polarization as an information carrier in optical communications, sensing, and imaging. Likewise, the state of polarization of light plays a key role in the photonic transfer ...

Researchers have developed a new way to control and manipulate optical signals by embedding a liquid crystal layer into waveguides created with direct laser writing. The new devices enable ...

Photodetectors capable of simultaneously measuring light intensity, wavelength, and polarization are pivotal for advancing optical technologies in fields ranging from autonomous systems to quantum ...

This review examines the role of twisted light in chiral systems, highlighting its applications in spectroscopy and materials ...

Thin films of oxide and organic materials are the building blocks of a wide range of nanomaterials and devices in battery technology, sensors, and optoelectronics. Currently, there is a huge shift ...

Could your application benefit from a spatial light modulator? Andreas Hermerschmidt of German SLM specialist Holoeye Photonics describes what options you will find on the market today, how these can ...

(Nanowerk News) Liquid-crystal (LC) phase modulators are widely used in optical systems because of their advantages of low power consumption, light weight, flexible bandwidth adjustment, and ...

Fig 1. In this view of the architecture of an optical analyzer, the coherent reference receiver serves as the optical front end to the digitizer, taking as inputs two single-mode fibers, one carrying ...