(Nanowerk Spotlight) Manipulating light is crucial for modern technologies, from the optical fibers transmitting internet data to the lasers in our smartphones. Despite significant advancements, our ...

Refractive index measurement is at the heart of optical science, influencing everything from lens design to material characterization. Modern techniques span from classical prism-based methods to ...

Researchers at Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (BOE) have developed a novel type of transparent organic–inorganic hybrid photoresist with highly ...

Toyohashi University of Technology researchers in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a new material capable of retaining high transmissivity after thermal ...

Crystalline arsenic trisulfide shows record photorefractive response and can be laser-patterned at 500-nm resolution without ...

The phenomenon of zero refractive index, exhibited by ZIMs, has proven highly useful, especially in the fields of waveguiding and optics. Silicon carbide, classified as a polaritonic material, ...