
A GaN-based visible light array receiver enables high-speed short-wavelength multi-access applications in visible light laser communication networks in the upcoming 6G era. See Zengyi Xu et al., pp. 793.
With the swift advancement of neural networks and their expanding applications in many fields, optical neural networks have gradually become a feasible alternative to electrical neural networks due to their parallelism, high speed
Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) has been widely applied to investigate intricate biological dynamics due to its outstanding super-resolution imaging speed. Incorporating compressive sensing into SIM brings the possibility
The generation of speckle patterns via random matrices, statistical definitions, or apertures may not always result in optimal outcomes. Issues such as correlation fluctuations in low ensemble numbers and diffraction in long-dista
Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) enables three-dimensional (3D) investigation of nanoscale structures in biological samples, offering unique insights into their organization. However, traditional 3D super-resolution
We propose a near-eye display optics system that supports three-dimensional mutual occlusion. By exploiting the polarization-control properties of a phase-only liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS), we achieve real see-through scene ma
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) in artificial photonic structures have received considerable attention since they offer unique methods for the extreme field localization and enhancement of light-matter interactions. Usually,
2D materials are promising candidates as nonlinear optical components for on-chip devices due to their ultrathin structure. In general, their nonlinear optical responses are inherently weak due to the short interaction thickness w
The room temperature strong coupling between the photonic modes of micro/nanocavities and quantum emitters (QEs) can bring about promising advantages for fundamental and applied physics. Improving the electric fields (EFs) by usin
Since the emergence of graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, and black phosphorus, two-dimensional materials have attracted significant attention and have driven the development of fundamental physics and optoelectronic devi
Polarization holography has been extensively applied in many fields, such as optical science, metrology, and biochemistry, due to its property of polarization modulation. However, the modulated polarization state of diffracted lig
We present a detailed theoretical and numerical analysis on the temporal-spectral-spatial evolution of a high-peak-power femtosecond laser pulse in two sets of systems: a pure lithium niobate (LN) plate and a periodically poled li
Low-power, flexible, and integrated photodetectors have attracted increasing attention due to their potential applications of photosensing, astronomy, communications, wearable electronics, etc. Herein, the samples of ZnO microwire
In recent studies, visible light communication (VLC) has been predicted to be a prospective technique in the future 6G communication systems. To suit the trend of exponentially growing connectivity, researchers have intensively st
Controlling the dispersion characteristic of metasurfaces (or metalenses) along a broad bandwidth is of great importance to develop high-performance broadband metadevices. Different from traditional lenses that rely on the materia
Electric anapoles, arising from the destructive interference of primitive and toroidal electric dipole moments, have recently emerged as a fundamental class of non-scattering sources. On the other hand, super-scattering states rep
Liquid crystal (LC) photonic devices have attracted intensive attention in recent decades, due to the merits of tunability, cost-effectiveness, and high efficiency. However, the precise and efficient simulation of large-scale thre
Subnatural-linewidth single photons are of vital importance in quantum optics and quantum information science. According to previous research, it appears difficult to utilize resonance fluorescence to generate single photons with
Entanglement has been recognized as being crucial when implementing various quantum information tasks. Nevertheless, quantifying entanglement for an unknown quantum state requires nonphysical operations or post-processing measurem
We report the design, fabrication, and characterization of a universal silicon PN junction ring resonator for C band error-free communication links operated up to 50 Gb/s with co-designed optical modulation and detection performan
We propose and numerically demonstrate a photonic computing primitive designed for integrated spiking neural networks (SNNs) based on add-drop ring microresonators (ADRMRs) and electrically reconfigurable phase-change material (PC
Expanding the optical communication band is one of the most effective methods of overcoming the nonlinear Shannon capacity limit of single fiber. In this study, GeSn resonance cavity enhanced (RCE) photodetectors (PDs) with an act
Tunable lasers, with the ability to continuously vary their emission wavelengths, have found widespread applications across various fields such as biomedical imaging, coherent ranging, optical communications, and spectroscopy. In
Brillouin microscopy, which maps the elastic modulus from the frequency shift of scattered light, has evolved to a faster speed for the investigation of rapid biomechanical changes. Impulsive stimulated Brillouin scattering (ISBS)