(Nanowerk Spotlight) The concepts of metamaterials and metasurfaces have spawned massive novel applications in free-space optics. However, recent research also indicates that they possess prominent ...

A suspended chalcogenide waveguide achieves record ppb-level gas detection in the near-infrared, enhancing sensitivity for portable environmental monitoring.

DigiLens, creators of waveguide optics, today announced a “deeper” partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical to bring a plastic version of its waveguide technology to the market. The companies claim the ...

International optics and photonics technology group Schott, which also manufactures materials and components for Augmented Reality (AR) waveguides, has joined forces with Israeli company Lumus, a ...

One of the most important components of satellites that enable telecommunication is the waveguide, which is a metal tube for guiding radio waves. It is also one of the heaviest payloads satellites ...

BeamPROP is the industry-leading design tool based on the Beam Propagation Method (BPM) for the design and simulation of integrated and fiber-optic waveguide devices and circuits. The software has ...

Apple is continuing its development of optical waveguide technology, likely as a way to make an "Apple Glass" augmented reality headset lighter and more comfortable to wear. Waveguides are structures ...

Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before ...

Zeng, Lingzhen, Lu, Wei-Chun, Grimes, Paul K., Chen, Tse-Jun, Chang, Yen-Pin, Tong, Cheuk-yu, and Wang, Ming-Jye. 2020. "A Silicon Chip-Based Waveguide Directional ...