In the race toward practical quantum computers and networks, photons—fundamental particles of light—hold intriguing possibilities as fast carriers of information at room temperature. Photons are ...

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics. These engineered materials offer precise control over lights behavior, but ...

Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light. Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Textile engineering has long been a cornerstone of human innovation, from ancient weaving techniques to modern fabric production. However, the integration of textiles with ...

Metasurface-based bioimaging techniques for cell, animal, and human applications. In the modern world, our ability to visualize and understand the inner workings of living organisms has been ...

Figure 1: Typical applications of metasurfaces in wireless communication include: RIS (Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-based Wireless Relay Systems), Digit (Digital-Coded Metasurface-Based ...

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