Researchers from the Monash University School of Physics and Astronomy have flipped a long-held assumption in optics, showing ...

Light can carry angular momentum in two distinct ways. One comes from polarization, which describes how the electric field ...

Modern technology demands compact, efficient optical devices for cameras, sensors, and quantum systems. Metasurfaces offer ...

A new study from China reports a breakthrough metasurface-enabled terahertz (THz) imaging and spectroscopy platform that ...

New publication in Opto-Electronic Technology DOI 10.29026/oet.2026.260001 discusses empowering next-generation ...

A heat-resistant titanium dioxide scaffold makes it possible to nanoimprint reconfigurable phase-change metasurfaces over ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Textile engineering has long been a cornerstone of human innovation, from ancient weaving techniques to modern fabric production. However, the integration of textiles with ...

Stranger Things fans will be familiar with this scene: Eleven, a girl with telekinetic powers, stares intently at a Coke can. Without physically touching the can, she completely crushes it using her ...

Harnessing the power of 'phase-change' materials, researchers have demonstrated how reconfigurable metasurfaces -- artificial materials with extraordinary optical properties -- are crucial to the ...

Tunability in lenses typically requires bulky components, but researchers have created a metasurface lens that uses a piezoelectric thin film to change focal length when a small voltage is applied.