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Chinese Researchers Develop Lightweight Laser Receiver for Drones, Boosting Flight Duration via Perovskite and Thermoelectric Materials
Optics & Photonics News (citing Matter & Light) China Overview Researchers in China have engineered a lightweight receiver for drones that converts laser light into usable power. This tandem device uses a perovskite material to absorb mo... -
Quantum Plasmonics and Graphene: SDU Researcher Charts Path for Next-Gen Optical Devices at META 2026
SDU (University of Southern Denmark) Denmark Overview P. André D. Gonçalves of the University of Southern Denmark's POLIMA Centre presented on quantum plasmonics and graphene plasmon applications at the 16th International Conference on M... -
IEEE Reports ‘Defocus-Resistant’ Cubic-Metalens for Consistently Sharp Camera Images in Thin Optics
Facebook (citing IEEE) China Overview A new computational imaging approach utilizes ultra-thin "meta-lenses"—sheets of nanostructured material—to keep camera images sharp across varying distances without constant mechanical refocusing. T... -
Argonne’s DONUT: Unsupervised AI Speeds Nanoscale Materials Discovery Hundreds of Times, Enabling Self-Driving Experiments
AZoNano USA Overview Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have introduced DONUT (Diffraction with Optics for Nanobeam by Unsupervised Training), an unsupervised machine learning tool poised to transform nanoscale materials research.... -
World’s First All-Optical Photonic Time Crystal Reshapes Light at Picosecond Speeds, Promises Revolution in Ultrafast Computing & Telecoms
Nature International Overview An international research team has achieved a breakthrough, experimentally demonstrating the world's first all-optical photonic time crystal (PTC). Published in Nature, this novel material dynamically modula... -
Flinders University Discover Novel Light-Switching Mechanism for Nanoscale ‘Bubble Domains’ in Ferroelectric Crystals, Revolutionizing Memory Devices
Flinders News Australia Overview Researchers at Flinders University discovered an unexpected way light can control nanoscale 'bubble' domains within a ferroelectric crystal. The most significant change in electronic state occurred *after... -
Multifunctional Photonic Crystals Overcome Long-Standing Trade-Off in Light Control, Enabling High-Q Resonance and Wavefront Shaping for AR/VR, LiDAR
AZoOptics International Overview Researchers experimentally demonstrated multifunctional photonic crystals that combine high spatial degrees of freedom with high-Q factor resonances, overcoming a long-standing tradeoff in flat optics. By... -
Josephson Junction Array Functions as Tunable Metamaterial: Microwave Resonances Controlled by Temperature and Power
Applied Physics Letters (AIP Publishing) USA Overview A study in "Applied Physics Letters" demonstrates an electrically isolated Josephson junction array, composed of ~30,000 coupled "meta-atoms," functions as a tunable metamaterial. Thi... -
IBM and RIKEN Achieve Quantum Supercomputing Record in Iron-Sulfur Molecule Simulation; NSF Invests $100M in Quantum-Nanotech Infrastructure
Quantum Computing Report USA Overview RIKEN and IBM have established a new record in simulating the electronic structure of iron-sulfur molecules using quantum-centric supercomputing, pushing the boundaries of computational science. Conc... -
KAIST Develops Electrically Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for ‘Space Sensors,’ Integrating Multiple Roles on a Single Chip
EurekAlert! South Korea Overview A KAIST research team has developed a metasurface-based mid-infrared spatial light modulator (SLM) with optical functions reconfigurable solely by electrical signals, potentially ushering in an era of 'sp...
