Photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser (PCSEL) is a promising technology that can completely revolutionize what lasers ...

In a first for the field, researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have pulled off a laser first: they built a new kind of eye-safe laser that works ...

Scientists have discovered a revolutionary new method for creating quantum states by twisting materials at the M-point, revealing exotic phenomena previously out of reach. This new direction ...

A new silicon material switches from insulator to metal in picoseconds. This breakthrough could speed up future computers.

Caltech scientists have found a fast and efficient way to add up large numbers of Feynman diagrams, the simple drawings ...

An international team, led by Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), has discovered a new way to design novel quantum ...

A rotating lattice single (RLS) crystal is a unique form of solid, which was fabricated recently as one-dimensional architecture in glass via solid state transformation induced by laser irradiation.

Silicon-organic hybrid integrated devices have emerging applications ranging from high-speed optical interconnects to photonic electromagnetic-field sensors. Silicon slot photonic crystal waveguides ...

Figure 1. 3D photonic crystal and chemical positioning of quantum dots inside of the nanostructure. (a) Schematic of an inverse woodpile photonic crystal on the edge of a silicon beam. Green dashed ...

The crystal defects present on the surface of the single-crystal silicon block, serving as the starting point for polycrystalline silicon epitaxial growth, such as lattice defects and dislocations, ...

A tiny new crystal-based transistor could be the key to faster, more reliable AI chips—leaving traditional silicon designs in the dust. Credit: Shutterstock In a potential turning point for ...