Read article: Fast photon source lights up quantum technologies
Fast photon source lights up quantum technologies
An on-chip system exploits the Purcell effect to deliver rapid pulses of single photons
Read article: Fast photon source lights up quantum technologies
Read article: Chameleons inspire mechanochromic nanolaser
Chameleons inspire mechanochromic nanolaser
Stretchy device lases at different wavelengths thanks to hybrid quadrupole plasmons
Read article: Photonic crystals follow a straight path to absolute darkness
Photonic crystals follow a straight path to absolute darkness
Researchers calculate how light noise is suppressed as a function of crystal size
Read article: 2D perovskites make brilliant blue-light emitters
2D perovskites make brilliant blue-light emitters
Reducing the interactions between electrons and phonons in these layered materials makes them emit brighter light
Read article: Communication is key in nanocatalysts too
Communication is key in nanocatalysts too
Different surface sites can “talk” to each other in ways that are very similar to catalytic allostery in enzymes – nature’s most efficient nanoscale catalysts
Read article: Flat-band polaritons spotted in Lieb lattice
Flat-band polaritons spotted in Lieb lattice
Semiconductor system could simulate cuprate superconductors
Read article: Chiral metamaterial enables scatter-free propagation
Chiral metamaterial enables scatter-free propagation
Novel design enables first experimental observation of topological behaviour in a microwave metamaterial
Read article: On-chip nanowire laser delivers on data
On-chip nanowire laser delivers on data
Semiconductor nanowire lasers are promising ultracompact light sources for miniaturized optical processing and sensing, but their efficiency is limited by the difficulty of confining light in a struct...
Read article: Squashed quantum dots solve a multi-faceted problem
Squashed quantum dots solve a multi-faceted problem
Facet-selective epitaxy produces colloidal quantum dot lasers with a threshold for continuous-wave lasing that’s seven times lower than previously reported
Breaking the diffraction limit
Discussion series focuses on the future of nanophotonics
