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New in Light: Sub-wavelength grating microcavities enable integrated ultrafast all-optical polariton transistors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Integrated, ultrafast all-optical polariton transistors with sub-wavelength grating microcavities - Light: Science & Applications
Using integrated silicon high-contrast sub-wavelength gratings and organic cavity exciton-polaritons at room temperature, we realize all-optical transistor action with picosecond switching and amplifi...
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Review in Light: Quartz-enhanced laser spectroscopy is reviewed across QEPAS and LITES platforms for compact, high-sensitivity trace-gas detection. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quartz-enhanced laser spectroscopy sensing - Light: Science & Applications
QEPAS and LITES, collectively called quartz-enhanced laser spectroscopy technology, may bring a paradigm shift in gas sensing for applications.
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New in Light: Soft-matter-based topological VCSELs generate circularly polarized topological lasing from liquid-crystal photonic structures. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soft-matter-based topological vertical cavity surface emitting lasers - Light: Science & Applications
A flexible topological vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is demonstrated by integrating two one-dimensional optical superlattices composed of structurally distinct polymerized chiral liqu...
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New in Light: Exceptional-point-encirclement emulation enables multidimensional asymmetric switching in all-fiber photonic devices. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Exceptional-point-encirclement emulation tailoring: multidimensional asymmetric switching of all-fiber devices - Light: Science & Applications
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New in Light: Multi-wavelength measurements probe spin dynamics of defects in hexagonal boron nitride for quantum sensing and qubit control. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multi-wavelength spin dynamics of defects in hexagonal boron nitride - Light: Science & Applications
Different excitation wavelengths strongly influence the spin dynamics and photophysics of single spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride, enabling a threefold enhancement in ODMR contrast and magnetic...
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New in Light: Momentum-space polarimetry decodes nanoscale chirality by mapping chiro-optical responses in plasmonic gammadion nanoarrays. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Decoding chirality at the nanoscale with momentum-space polarimetry - Light: Science & Applications
Schematic illustration of Fourier-domain Mueller matrix polarimetry probing light-matter interactions in gammadion nanostructures, and enabling extraction of intrinsic chiral response for molecular en...
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New in eLight: A temporally plastic photonic processor enables real-time adaptive computing with multi-timescale photonic kernels and optical delay memory. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Temporally plastic photonic processor for real-time adaptive computing - eLight
Real-time intelligent systems increasingly require hardware that can adapt continuously to evolving inputs, yet most existing processors rely on static-weight inference, making them vulnerable to dist...
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New in Light: An infrared-transparent flexible glass is developed for adaptive optics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An infrared-transparent flexible glass for adaptive optics - Light: Science & Applications
A chain-ring dual-network chalcogenide glass reconciles flexibility with IR transparency, overcoming the trade-off for deformable adaptive optics.
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New in Light: On-the-fly mapping enables freehand 3D panoramic photoacoustic angiography for robust vascular imaging. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Robust hybrid feature-driven on-the-fly mapping enables freehand 3D panoramic photoacoustic angiography - Light: Science & Applications
Geometry–texture dual-driven SLAM enables 3D photoacoustic panoramic vascular topology reconstruction and hemodynamic assessment, providing a new imaging strategy for surgical vascular navigation.
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New in Light: A metasurface platform enables independent emissivity control across MWIR and LWIR bands for infrared thermal image multiplexing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Metasurface platform for simultaneous and uncorrelated emissivity control over MWIR and LWIR spectral bands - Light: Science & Applications
"A cavity-coupled metasurface platform achieves independent, dual-band grayscale emissivity control, enabling simultaneous thermal camouflage and decoupled multi-channel image multiplexing across the ...
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New in Light: Physics-paired stimulated Raman scattering microscopy enables label-free 3D phenotyping of lipid droplet motility in live cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Physics-paired stimulated Raman scattering microscopy enables label-free phenotyping of lipid droplets 3D motility in live cells - Light: Science & Applications
PHYSIQ-SRS transforms shot-noise-limited microscopy by pairing quadrature signals for fully self-supervised denoising, boosting SNR by 12.5 dB and enabling video-rate, label-free 3D imaging of dynamic...
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New in Light: Substrate-free photosensitizer radical-ion pairs enable multipath photoredox for hypoxia-tolerant photodynamic therapy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Substrate-free generation of photosensitizer radical-ion pairs enables multipath photoredox for hypoxia-tolerant photodynamic therapy - Light: Science & Applications
Photoexcited homodimer fission generates PS⁺•/PS⁻• radical pairs that couple water oxidation with oxygen reduction, driving a self-oxygen-supplying ROS cycle for hypoxia-tolerant photodynamic therapy.
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New in Light: Gate-tunable Te/MoS₂ p-n heterojunctions enable wavelength-stable, linearly polarized mid-infrared electroluminescence. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Gate-tunable mid-infrared electroluminescence from Te/MoS2 p-n heterojunctions - Light: Science & Applications
Gate-controlled band engineering in Te/MoS2 heterojunctions enables wavelength-stable, linearly polarized and electrically tunable emission toward on-chip mid-infrared polarized light sources.
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New in Light: Sliding metasurfaces combine wide-angle beam steering with sharp frequency filtering in a passive frequency–angle selective platform. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sliding metasurface for wide-angle beam steering with sharp frequency filtering - Light: Science & Applications
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New in Light: An all-optical recurrent neural network performs computing with optical-domain linear operations, nonlinear functions and memory. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
All-optical computing towards 100-GHz clock rates - Light: Science & Applications
We demonstrate an ultrafast all-optical computer which greatly exceeds the limited clock rates of current electronic computers.
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New in Light: A nanocrystal-based PN junction model describes current-voltage characteristics in quantum dot light-emitting diodes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A nanocrystal-based PN junction model for quantum dot light-emitting diodes - Light: Science & Applications
By developing a modified nano-PN junction model, we can correlate the current-voltage curves of QLED with the corresponding sub-devices of functional layers.
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New in Light: Topological Jackiw-Rebbi states are realized in photonic van der Waals heterostructures with directional excitonic emission. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Topological Jackiw-Rebbi states in photonic Van der Waals heterostructures - Light: Science & Applications
Topological van der Waals WS2 photonic gratings host confined Jackiw-Rebbi states, yielding directional modes and 22x enhanced WSe2 monolayer emission.
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New in Light: Programmable opto-thermo-osmotic torque rotates single cells along arbitrary axes without contact. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Programmable rotation of single cells along arbitrary axes via opto-thermo-osmotic torque - Light: Science & Applications
Tailored optical patterns generate reconfigurable opto-thermo-osmotic torque for programmable rotation of single cells along arbitrary axes.
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New in Light: Hybrid deep reconstruction removes vignetting in ENZ-based upconversion imaging through scattering media. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hybrid deep reconstruction for vignetting-free upconversion imaging through scattering in epsilon-near-zero materials - Light: Science & Applications
We propose a hybrid imaging pipeline integrating a nonlinear epsilon-near-zero time gate with deep learning to reconstruct high-fidelity images through severe scattering media for future advanced biom...
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New in Light: Potassium plasmonics approaches the low optical loss limit across the visible to near-infrared range. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Approaching the low optical loss limit of plasmonics using potassium - Light: Science & Applications
The potassium film, fabricated via a rapid slipping-assisted oxide-free crystallization process, achieves the lowest optical loss measured in metals to date, while simultaneously maintaining deeply su...
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New in Light: Complex-domain square-wave width-chirp pulse compression enables 45 km ROTDR with 0.5 m spatial resolution and 0.11 °C temperature accuracy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
45 km ROTDR with 0.5 m/0.11 °C via complex-domain square-wave width-chirp pulse compression - Light: Science & Applications
This work proposes a complex-domain square-wave width-chirp pulse compression scheme, achieving simultaneous improvement of spatial resolution, sensing distance, and temperature accuracy in the field ...
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New in Light: Particle morphology and rotation angle shape optical forces and torques in optical manipulation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Impacts of particle morphology and rotation on optical manipulation - Light: Science & Applications
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New in Light: A woven domain fabric spontaneously forms in a ferroelectric crystal and can be locally manipulated by light. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spontaneous formation and optical manipulation of a woven domain fabric in a ferroelectric crystal - Light: Science & Applications
Light: Science & Applications - Spontaneous formation and optical manipulation of a woven domain fabric in a ferroelectric crystal
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New in Light: Adaptive-optics surface plasmon resonance holographic microscopy enables background-free quantitative phase imaging. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Background-free quantitative phase imaging with adaptive-optics surface plasmon resonance holographic microscopy - Light: Science & Applications
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New in Light: An optical singularity protractor enables rotation metrology using neuromorphic sensing of structured light. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Optical singularity protractor for rotating metrology with neuromorphic sensing - Light: Science & Applications
By integrating neuromorphic computing with topological structured light, this work propose a sensing technique that utilizes the angular velocity of singularities to directly reflect the rotation spee...
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News & Views in Light: Partially nonlocal metasurfaces bridge local and nonlocal flat optics for multifunctional photonic control. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bridging the gap in flat optics: the dawn of partially nonlocal metasurfaces - Light: Science & Applications
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New in Light: Self-aligned heterogeneous integration enables near-unity coupling between quantum emitters and photonic circuits. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Self-aligned heterogeneous quantum photonic integration - Light: Science & Applications
A self-aligned heterogeneous photonic integration method was developed to combine solid-state quantum emitters and spins with integrated photonics at low insertion loss, advancing scalable quantum pho...
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New in Light: Independent atomic and quantum dot single-photon sources show two-photon interference for hybrid quantum networks. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two-photon interference between independent atomic and quantum dot single-photon sources for hybrid quantum network - Light: Science & Applications
Indistinguishable photons from atomic and quantum dot systems enable two-photon interference without spectral modification, providing a practical route toward scalable hybrid quantum networks.
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New in Light: Spin-multiplexed dielectric metasurfaces combine optical differentiation and high-resolution imaging in a single-layer device. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spin-multiplexed point spread function engineering via dielectric metasurface for simultaneous optical differentiation and high-resolution imaging - Light: Science & Applications
Through spin-multiplexed point spread function engineering, this work demonstrates single-layer metasurface optical differentiators that simultaneously achieve high-resolution imaging and on-demand, a...
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Nobel Laureate Conversation in eLight: Konstantin Novoselov discusses graphene, van der Waals materials, AI-assisted materials discovery and optoelectronic devices. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Nobel Laureate conversation: Konstantin Novoselov - eLight
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