Nanophotonics

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Sculpting Super-Fast Light Pulses: NIST Nanopillars Shape Light Precisely for Practical Applications

May 02, 2019

Imagine being able to shape a pulse of light in any conceivable manner—compressing it, stretching it, splitting it in...

New Device Widens Light Beams by 400 Times, Broadening Possibilities in Science and Technology

November 27, 2018

By using light waves instead of electric current to transmit data, photonic chips—circuits for light—have advanced...

NIST Chip Lights Up Optical Neural Network Demo

July 26, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made a silicon chip that distributes...

Through a Prism Brightly: A New Way to Measure the Light-Warping Properties of Hyperbolic Metamaterials

June 18, 2018

Manipulating light in a variety of ways—shrinking its wavelength and allowing it to travel freely in one direction...

Publications

Microscopic origin of the chiroptical response of optical media

October 11, 2019

Author(s):

Matthew S. Davis, Wenqi Zhu, Jay K. Lee, Henri J. Lezec, Amit K. Agrawal

The potential for enhancing the optical activity of natural chiral media using engineered nanophotonic components has been central in the quest towards...

Advanced technologies for quantum photonic devices based on epitaxial quantum dots

October 11, 2019

Author(s):

Tian M. Zhao, Yan Chen, Yu Ying, Li Qing, Marcelo I. Davanco, Jin Liu

Photonic quantum technology is creating breakthroughs in both fundamental quantum science and applications such as quantum communication, computation and...

Experimental Variation of Magnification Calibration for Localization Microscopy

September 15, 2019

Author(s):

Craig R. Copeland, Bojan R. Ilic, Samuel M. Stavis

We study the experimental variation of a localization microscope due to temporal and thermal factors, enabling elucidation of the discrepancy between...

A photonic pH sensor based on photothermal spectroscopy

September 12, 2019

Author(s):

Zeeshan Ahmed, Nathan J. Castro, Matthew R. Hartings

Although the determination of pH is a standard laboratory measurement, new techniques capable of measuring pH are being developed to facilitate modern...

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Nanophotonics

News and Updates

Sculpting Super-Fast Light Pulses: NIST Nanopillars Shape Light Precisely for Practical Applications

New Device Widens Light Beams by 400 Times, Broadening Possibilities in Science and Technology

NIST Chip Lights Up Optical Neural Network Demo

Through a Prism Brightly: A New Way to Measure the Light-Warping Properties of Hyperbolic Metamaterials

Publications

Microscopic origin of the chiroptical response of optical media

Advanced technologies for quantum photonic devices based on epitaxial quantum dots

Experimental Variation of Magnification Calibration for Localization Microscopy

A photonic pH sensor based on photothermal spectroscopy

Projects & Programs

Photonic Dosimetry

Designing the Nanoworld: Nanostructure, Nanodevices, and Nano-optics

Micro- and nano-optomechanical systems

Light-matter interactions in Semiconductor Nanostructures

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