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We present a chip-scale second-harmonic source based on the self-injection-locking of a semiconductor laser to a high-Q silicon nitride microresonator. All-optical poling enables efficient frequency conversion with hertz-level emission linewidth.
This work demonstrates versatile light manipulation of various excitons in WSe2 via contrasting exciton-photon coupling with dipole-orientation, diffusion and chirality dependences.
Tunable plasmonic features were achieved in tellurite glass via new ways to control the in situ formation of gold nanoparticles, enabling investigation and utilising plasmonic properties for photonics research and applications.
We report a reflective display technique using electro-microfluidic assembly of particles based on the dielectrophoretic effect facilitated with droplet compression, demonstrating multi-color display performance with large viewing angle and semi-bistability.
We proposed a general deep reinforcement learning framework to design materials and structures simultaneously for wavelength-selective thermal emitters with broad applications in emissivity engineering.
Optical gain of perovskite nanosheets becomes increased when a micro-patterned structure is utilized, where gain saturation is analyzed in the plane of spectrum energy and stripe length.
Optical-electrical force nanoscopy. Fdip, Fes and FvdW are simultaneously applied and demodulated at the fundamental, second and third eigenmodes of a cantilever for PiFM, KPFM/EFM and topography images, respectively.
We perform wavefront control in a subcycle optical vortex pulse by manipulating its carrier-envelope phase. This adjustment affects both temporal and spatial characteristics through spatiotemporal coupling in the structured pulse.
Near-infrared light absorption in 2D materials can be engineered using electrode fabrication methods, which were exploited to construct sensitive telecom-band photodetectors based on MoS2.
A new type of luminescent nanocomposite based on 0D/2D vertical heterojunction is prepared, enabling the fabrication of a multifunctional optical device for blue light emission, light modulation and UV detection.
We develop a high-speed focal scanning method for laser processing that can significantly improve processing times. The innovative single-lens approach uses a high-speed axial scanning lens to detect surfaces and adjust laser focus simultaneously, overcoming the slower speeds associated with surface mapping or other mechanical auto-focusing methods.
We develop optothermal tweezers to boost CRISPR-based single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) detection at the single-molecule level. Additionally, this innovative approach has endowed optical tweezers with DNA identification ability.
A highly efficient open-shell singlet luminescent diradical demonstrates significant magnetoluminescence properties. A giant magnetoluminescence value of 210% is achieved at a magnetic field of 7 T, showing great potential in magneto-optoelectronic devices.
The E2E-BPF microscope, a DoF-extension computational imaging platform, enabled by an end-to-end optimized binary phase filter and image reconstruction, facilitates high-resolution imaging over an extended DoF without refocusing.
We report fabrication of multifunctional transition and temperature-responsive contact lenses that undergo colorimetric switch in response to UV light and physiological temperature changes.
