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 ...

From 3D movie screens to augmented-reality devices, many modern technologies rely on our ability to manipulate light. Doing ...

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.

A wall-mounted metasurface powered by a large language model interprets voice commands and uses ordinary WiFi signals to ...

Researchers at Harvard have created a groundbreaking metasurface that can replace bulky and complex optical components used in quantum computing with a single, ultra-thin, nanostructured layer. This ...

A new programmable metasurface performs dynamic beamforming and radar cross-section reduction across five frequency bands in ...

Stanford researchers and collaborators in Korea have developed a new architecture for OLED – organic light-emitting diode – displays that could enable televisions, smartphones and virtual or augmented ...

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 ...

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 ...