The ability to precisely control the various properties of laser light is critical to much of the technology that we use today, from commercial virtual reality (VR) headsets to microscopic imaging for ...

The terahertz (THz) band of the electromagnetic spectrum holds immense promise for next-generation technologies, including high-speed wireless communication, advanced encryption, and medical imaging.

Metasurfaces and their novel or counterintuitive optical properties can achieve a variety of functions that conventional bulk optics components cannot. The Harvard SEAS lab of metamaterials pioneer ...

Polarization of light can reveal otherwise invisible information about natural materials and the condition of man-made structures, but the cameras used to detect it are often bulky, expensive, and ...

Researcher have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light. (Nanowerk News) Almost a decade ago, ...

Researchers found silica can outperform high-index materials for optical metasurfaces. Its chip-making compatibility enables scalable, robust flat optical devices. (Nanowerk News) An unexpected ...

Researchers have developed a single metasurface that can effectively tune the different properties of laser light, including wavelength, without the need of additional optical components. The ...