Ultrafast lasers can produce, beyond single-pulse mode locking, a multitude of robust multi-pulse dynamics, including optical soliton molecules. Based on recent experimental advances using smart fiber lasers, this commentary addre

X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have revolutionized ultrafast science with exceptional spatiotemporal resolution, yet attosecond-level beam diagnostics face critical challenges. The article comments on PolariX TDS, a polarizati

The article comments on a significant breakthrough in detecting mid-infrared light at low photon...

The emerging discipline of picophotonics explores events on a scale thousands of times smaller than the wavelength of light. A recent work introduces a phase singularity ruler that allows picometer-scale localization metrology in

The commentary discusses work recently published in Physical Review Letters, which reported a nondestructive approach to realizing precise control of p-p stacking at single molecule scale...

Prof. Philip Russell (Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light) discusses the development of photonic crystal fibers, in a conversation with Prof. Long Zhang (Chinese...

Label-free vibrational stimulated Raman microscopy surpasses the diffraction limit by employing structured illumination, opening new avenues for super-resolution imaging of...

The commentary examines a recent advancement in...

The application of light remains constrained in deep tissues, where we struggle to achieve the same or comparable high-resolution focusing and imaging as in superficial tissues. This limitation mainly arises from the spatial inhom

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the institute launched a public call for questions and challenges in laser science and technology. Twenty questions wer

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics recognized John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their pioneering work on artificial neural networks, which profoundly impacted the physical sciences, particularly optics and photonics. This perspec

Demetri Psaltis (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) discusses advances in optical computing, in conversation with Guohai Situ (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), for the Advanced

The article comments on a recently developed neural network that enables ultrathin flat optics imaging in full...

The article comments on a novel device recently reported in Nature, which combines a dielectric bowtie nanoantenna with a twisted lattice nanocavity to achieve sub-diffraction-limited...

Vectorial states of light, where the polarization is inhomogeneously distributed in space, have gained considerable interest in the context of structured light, but their inherent parity has hitherto been overlooked. Now, parity h

The article comments on a recent advance in large-scale distributed diffractive-interference hybrid photonic chiplet Taichi for artificial general intelligence...

Prof. Jelena Vučković (Stanford University) discusses her research and inspirations, in conversation with Advanced Photonics Early Career Editorial Board Member Prof. Menjie Yu (University...

The substantial and unstable dark current in metal halide perovskite photodetectors hampers their continued advancement. To address this issue, an innovative architecture has been proposed to effectively overcome the challenge of

Prof. Em. Joseph Braat reviews the development of optical storage and lithography in the Netherlands, and his transition to...

The editorial introduces JMI Issue 3 Volume 11, looks ahead to SPIE Medical Imaging, and highlights the journal’s policy on conference...

Despite the significant advancements in perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs), achieving high-performance blue LEDs remains a key concern for future display and optical communication applications, particularly pure-blue PeLEDs

The article comments on a recent framework for all-optical classification using orbital-angular-momentum-encoded...

The article comments on recent work that provides theoretical underpinnings and experimental verification for modal power coupling in an air-core fiber, considering...

Serge Haroche shares perspectives from his illustrious scientific career in physics and the evolving field of quantum photonics, in conversation with...

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for “experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.” We review the hist

Professor Guoqing Chang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) interviewed Professor Din Ping Tsai (City University of Hong Kong) on behalf of...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Alexei I. Ekimov, and Louis E. Brus for “the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots (QDs)”. Here we review the history of QDs, bridge the connection between coll

The article comments on a recent advance in dual volatile and nonvolatile modulation for application in optical...

The article comments on a recent advance for wavelength tuning of laser particles, through a new photoelectrochemical...

The article comments on a new way to design multiple microring resonators with large free spectral range and high intrinsic Q-factor, within the standard...

The article comments on the the impact on diverse fields of R. A. Beth’s direct detection of the angular...

The article comments on a new approach to information acquisition in hyperspectral...

The article comments on a recent advance in optical field confinement: using a nanoslit optical waveguide to generate guided waves with 1-...

The article comments on a recently proposed innovative process that uses direct laser writing to achieve vivid, fine-tunable color at centimeter scale by leveraging the fabrication speed and the spatial resolution of pixelated F-P

The article comments on a novel BOCDA configuration that decouples spatial resolution from modulation or coding parameters, thereby ensuring both superior performance and cost...

The article comments on an important step towards understanding the nondiffractive nature of optical vortex polarization features and investigating the intrinsic nature of spin-...

The article comments on a recent advance in optical quantum...

Controllable optical propagation, such as forming diffraction-limited optical focusing, beyond the diffusion limit in biological tissue or tissue-like scattering media, has been desired for long yet considered challenging. In the

Dynamic control of terahertz (THz) waves is a significant area of intense research. For modulating terahertz (THz) waves, metamaterials have emerged as a promising solution. This article comments on an innovative approach...

Naomi Halas, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University and winner of the prestigious 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award, discusses her vision for the future of plasmonics and nanophotonics, in terms of fund

The article comments on a recently reported OAM comb. The proposed approach relies on a simple azimuthal binary phase modulation scheme to transform a Gaussian beam into a structured light beam containing multiple OAM components w

The article comments on the recently demonstrated deterministic generation of large-scale continuous-variable...

Despite more than a century of photonic advances, there still exist solutions to Maxwell?s equations that remain elusive. Now, Qiwen Zhan and colleagues demonstrate the first toroidal vortex of light, introducing twists and folds

Lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) technology, for electro-optical modulation and acoustic wave filtering in next-generation optical and wireless communications, is driving optoelectronic device performance to new heights. Hybrid

The article is an interview with Prof. Marko Lončar of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University, conducted by Guoqing Chang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Physics

A recently developed strategy to generate optical nonlinearities from various emitters localized in multilayer core/shell optical nanocrystals represents significant progress...

Prof. Xiang Zhang discusses his groundbreaking discoveries, innovative developments, and inspirations, with helpful advice and insights on future research...

Photonics will have a major impact in...

Ultrafast-laser direct lithography strategy engineers local chemistry at the nanoscale in glass, to achieve 3D direct writing of nanocrystals with a widely tunable bandgap. Feng Chen provides a commentary on the reported technique

Sir Michael Berry was interviewed by Dr. Wei Liu of National University of Defense Technology, China, for Advanced...

Sir Peter Knight reflects on the field of quantum optics in an interview...

Jiuzhang 2.0 represents significant improvements, beyond...

An interview with Prof. Michal Lipson by Prof. Guoqing Chang traces Lipson’s professional pathway in the field of...

The recent quantum advantage demonstration by J.-W. Pan’s group at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), based on a quantum optics experiment with 76 photons and a 100-mode interferometer,1 is a major step in the d

Professor Yuri Kivshar relates the course of his scientific research...

The Advanced Photonics special issue celebrating the 60-year laser anniversary is an ideal opportunity to review some highlights from its history, at the same time taking us on a tour of over a century of...

The article is an interview with Shining Zhu of Nanjing Unversity, conducted by Guoqing Chang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Insitute of Physics, on behalf of...

In volume 2, issue 3 of Advanced Photonics, Lan et al. reveal that a split ring resonator (SPRR) can be used as a very efficient thermo-acoustic source compared to other configurations. This commentary provides a quick overview of

A commentary on the article “Three-dimensional tomography of red blood cells using deep learning” by J. Lim, A. Ayoub, and D. Psaltis, Adv. Photonics Volume 2, Issue 2, doi: 10.1117/1...

A commentary on the article “Uniform-velocity spacetime crystals” by Zoé-Lise Deck-Léger et al. in Advanced Photonics Volume 1,...

A new kind of electromagnetic wave, combining the properties of propagating and evanescent waves, is discovered theoretically in a paper by E. Narimanov, published in this issue of Advanced Photonics. The commentary provides conte

Metsurfaces continue to find an increasing number of applications. We provide a brief explanation of how metasurfaces can be used for three-dimensional imaging, as demonstrated by C. Jin et al in Advanced Photonics, Volume 1,...

Integrating lithium niobate (LN) modulators with other functions on a single optical chip has proven difficult, until the development of thin film LN, which has enabled the development of silicon integrated photonic chips includin

Continued support for research and investment in photonics requires that the public and policy makers are made aware of its significance for societal development. All of us have a role to play in promoting the...

A fast off-axis scanning subvoxel light-sheet microscope enables high-throughput image large-volume...

Phonon-polaritons offer an exciting avenue in nanophotonics. We comment on the novel nanofabrication approach presented by Bo Qiang et al. in this issue of Advanced Photonics. Their approach to phononic material allows better radi

The increasing scope and influence of photonics is surveyed, within the context of the recent emergence of photonics-based...

Advanced Photonics spoke with Sir John Pendry of Imperial College London, United Kingdom, about the history of...

An explanation of bound states in the continuum (BICs) is offered. With particular attention to Friedrich–Wintgen BICs, the commentary presents a study by Bogdanov et al., which appears in the same issue of Advanced...