Electromagnetic (EM) wave front modulation has important significance in both scientific researches and industrial applications. However, conventional dielectric materials have limited choices of ...

Artificial intelligence speeds metasurface design from unit cells to full optical systems, enabling compact imaging, AR and VR displays and advanced LiDAR. (Nanowerk News) Optical metasurfaces, with ...

A research team has developed a novel multidimensional sampling theory to overcome the limitations of flat optics. The study not only identifies the constraints of conventional sampling theories in ...

Chiral metasurfaces can strongly twist the polarization of light, but how this process unfolds in space and time has been unclear. Scientists in China have now used ultrafast electron microscopy and ...

A team of researchers at Penn State have devised a new, streamlined approach to designing metasurfaces, a class of engineered materials that can manipulate light and other forms of electromagnetic ...

Researchers use large language models to streamline nanoscopic material design for advanced optical systems like camera lenses and VR headsets. (Nanowerk News) A team of researchers at Penn State have ...

Researchers have designed and demonstrated a new optical component that could significantly enhance the brightness and image quality of augmented reality (AR) glasses. The advance brings AR glasses a ...

Metamaterials, which are engineered on the nanoscale, exhibit properties not found in naturally occurring materials and are a key aspect of nanotechnology. They can manipulate electromagnetic waves in ...

According to Advanced Photonics, researchers from the Beijing Institute of Technology created a novel type of temperature-adaptive radiative cooling system that dynamically adapts its cooling ...