In this paper, a novel structure for photonic crystal ring resonator is proposed to design a demultiplexer. The structure is built of a square lattice of rods embedded in air with two rings. We used ...

These edible microlasers are composed of droplets of oil or water–glycerol mixtures doped with natural optical gain ...

Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo have developed scandium-rich (Al,Ga,Sc)N thin films with record-low switching voltages, unlocking new possibilities for non-volatile memory, ...

Researchers have developed a new class of nanomaterial that helps to manipulate light and improve the sensitivity of ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

The fields of plasmonics and photonic crystals (PCs) have been combined to generate model light-confining Tamm plasmon (TMM) cavities. This approach effectively overcomes the intrinsic limit of ...

Light-confining nanoporous anodic alumina optical microcavities (NAA−μCVs) were used as a platform material to selectively detect and identify model volatile organic compounds (VOCs) through their ...

The candidate pool for engineered materials that can help enable tomorrow's cutting-edge optical technologies—such as lasers, ...

More pathways than previously thought can lead to optical topological insulators, materials with exciting properties that could have future ...