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This paper reviews the fabrication and functionalities of high-refractive-index-contrast optical structures that can serve as versatile optical platforms to address the limitations of current optoelectronic devices.
Graphene and topological insulators are promising platforms for near-field nanotechnology on a subwavelength scale. Authors present the highly confined nature of Dirac plasmon-polaritons in graphene, topological insulator, and hybrid systems.
Ions in mixed halide perovskite migrate to the non-illuminated region to form a macroscopic ring structure under laser irradiation, which is reversible after removing the light.
Cholesteric Spherical Reflectors (CSRs) are omnidirectional retroreflectors that are selective in circular polarization and wavelength, enabling human-invisible fiducial markers for applications in robotics, augmented reality, anti-counterfeiting, circular economy and more
Consisting of donut excitation, xy-scan, drift correction and time-related single photon detection modules, RASTMIN possesses high compatibility with scanning-based fluorescent microscope, if starting from the experience on STED construction.
This paper reviews recent advances in self-assembled liquid crystalline architectures in terms of their fabrications, manipulations, as well as emerging applications.