Dynamic control of incoherent light sources at ultrafast timescales is tremendously challenging. Now, a technique using a spatially structured optical pump and semiconductor metasurfaces has been developed that dynamically steers sub-picosecond pulses of ultrafast incoherent emission.
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Demetriadou, A. Spatio-temporal control of incoherent light with metasurfaces. Nat. Photon. 17, 559–560 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-023-01238-5
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