Letter | 10 April 2017

Metamaterial Cherenkov emitter

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An integrated on-chip free-electron light source is realized by using a hyperbolic metamaterial to generate Cherenkov radiation.

Letter | 17 April 2017 Hybrid nanolaser diode Crosnier et al.

Article | 24 April 2017 Chip-based nanoscopy Diekmann et al.

Article | 3 April 2017 High-speed silicon photodiodes Gao et al.

Editorial | 1 March 2017 Scrutinizing lasers

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Editorial | 28 April 2017
A legacy for lasers

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Ronald Drever may be most famous for co-founding the LIGO project and his gravitational-wave research, but his contributions to laser stabilization have had broad impact on the photonics community.
News and Views | 28 April 2017
Optoelectronics: Fast silicon photodiodes

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There is typically a compromise between speed and efficiency when designing silicon photodiodes. Now, researchers have exploited microstructuring to achieve fast and thin devices that are also efficient.

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News and Views | 28 April 2017
Metamaterials: A low-energy Cherenkov glow

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Hyperbolic metamaterials are shown to enable the emission of Cherenkov radiation from low-energy charged particles travelling at slow speeds. The achievement could lead to new forms of light sources and detectors.

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News and Views | 28 April 2017
View from... JSAP Spring Meeting: A marriage of materials and optics

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A laser-annealing technique for increasing the dopant concentration in semiconductors, the creation of a glass with second-order optical nonlinearity and the realization of optical topological insulators were highlights at the Japan Society of …
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Liquid crystals: Realizing 3D topological solitons

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Research Highlights | 28 April 2017
Optical lattices: Reconfigurable ratchet

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Oliver Graydon
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Research Highlights | 28 April 2017
Free-electron lasers: Terahertz spectrometer

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Noriaki Horiuchi
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Research Highlights | 28 April 2017
Imaging: Quantum time lens

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Letter | 17 April 2017 Hybrid nanolaser diode Crosnier et al.

Article | 24 April 2017 Chip-based nanoscopy Diekmann et al.

Article | 3 April 2017 High-speed silicon photodiodes Gao et al.

Editorial | 1 March 2017 Scrutinizing lasers

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