An innovative metasurface-based folded lens system could enable a new generation of slimline cameras for use in smartphones and augmented/virtual reality devices. 🧪⚛️
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Lens breakthrough paves the way for ultrathin cameras – Physics World
A metasurface-based folded lens system shows promise for creating a new generation of slimline cameras
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November 22, 2024 at 12:06 PM
An innovative metasurface-based folded lens system could enable a new generation of slimline cameras for use in smartphones and augmented/virtual reality devices. 🧪⚛️
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Nature research paper: Switchable 2D–3D display through a metasurface lenticular lens
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Switchable 2D–3D display through a metasurface lenticular lens - Nature
A full-colour 2D–3D switchable light-field display powered by a metasurface lenticular lens is proposed that is a promising solution for next-generation display technologies in both consumer electronics and commercial applications.
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April 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Nature research paper: Switchable 2D–3D display through a metasurface lenticular lens
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By combining a multi-quantum-well heterostructure with a metasurface, physicists have created a device that can efficiently transform light into different frequencies – including those at technologically important near-infrared wavelengths. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/metasurfac...
Metasurface optical device boosts nonlinear frequency conversion – Physics World
Nanostructured device efficiently transforms light into different frequencies – including those at technologically important near-infrared wavelengths
physicsworld.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:44 AM
By combining a multi-quantum-well heterostructure with a metasurface, physicists have created a device that can efficiently transform light into different frequencies – including those at technologically important near-infrared wavelengths. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/metasurfac...
#OEA_highlight Spectro-polarimetric detection enabled by multidimensional metasurface with quasi-bound states in the continuum doi.org/10.29026/oea... by Prof. #Shumin_Xiao @HIT_China #LinglingHuang @BIT1940 #spectroscopy #polarimetric #multidimensional #metasurface #BIC
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
#OEA_highlight Spectro-polarimetric detection enabled by multidimensional metasurface with quasi-bound states in the continuum doi.org/10.29026/oea... by Prof. #Shumin_Xiao @HIT_China #LinglingHuang @BIT1940 #spectroscopy #polarimetric #multidimensional #metasurface #BIC
Our work in Science Advances on #BIC #metasurface spectrometers overcomes resolution-sensitivity trade-off. We achieve high light throughput, ideal for ultra-low-light applications like fluorescence & astrophotonic spectroscopy. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Metasurface spectrometers beyond resolution-sensitivity constraints
Miniaturized metasurface spectrometers deliver both high resolution and high sensitivity.
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December 10, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Our work in Science Advances on #BIC #metasurface spectrometers overcomes resolution-sensitivity trade-off. We achieve high light throughput, ideal for ultra-low-light applications like fluorescence & astrophotonic spectroscopy. doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Physicists in China have demonstrated that a structure called an optical metasurface can individually trap up to 78,400 neutral atoms – a promising development in efforts to build a large-scale quantum computer. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/single-met...
Single metasurface could generate record numbers of trapped neutral atoms – Physics World
Technique boosts prospects for building quantum computers with more than 100,000 qubits
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March 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Physicists in China have demonstrated that a structure called an optical metasurface can individually trap up to 78,400 neutral atoms – a promising development in efforts to build a large-scale quantum computer. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/single-met...
"Pixel-controlled programmable metasurface as phase-type spatial terahertz modulator" is featured on PubCard @optoelectronadv.bsky.social View original article doi.org/10.29026/oea...
September 25, 2026 at 3:11 PM
"Pixel-controlled programmable metasurface as phase-type spatial terahertz modulator" is featured on PubCard @optoelectronadv.bsky.social View original article doi.org/10.29026/oea...
It's too bad that the name "meta" is now so strongly associated with data misuse and pervert glasses, because metasurfaces are such an exciting technology. Example: this metasurface-based polarization grating could make it loads easier to study space weather. 🧪⚛️🔭 physicsworld.com/a/metasurfac...
Metasurface grating gives solar telescopes a boost – Physics World
New optical device could fly on future space missions that study solar magnetic fields and space weather
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July 14, 2026 at 10:45 AM
It's too bad that the name "meta" is now so strongly associated with data misuse and pervert glasses, because metasurfaces are such an exciting technology. Example: this metasurface-based polarization grating could make it loads easier to study space weather. 🧪⚛️🔭 physicsworld.com/a/metasurfac...
Tuz tanesi büyüklüğünde bir kamera bildiğimiz görüntülemeyi değiştirebilirmiş. "Meta-optik" kamera, karşılaştırılabilir görüntüleme cihazlarından 500.000 kat daha küçükmüş. Ultra kompakt kamera sistemi, "metasurface" adı verilen bir teknolojiye dayanıyor.
November 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Tuz tanesi büyüklüğünde bir kamera bildiğimiz görüntülemeyi değiştirebilirmiş. "Meta-optik" kamera, karşılaştırılabilir görüntüleme cihazlarından 500.000 kat daha küçükmüş. Ultra kompakt kamera sistemi, "metasurface" adı verilen bir teknolojiye dayanıyor.
"Pixel-controlled programmable metasurface as phase-type spatial terahertz modulator", published in Opto-Electronic Advances @optoelectronadv.bsky.social Full-length paper available at doi.org/10.29026/oea...
September 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
"Pixel-controlled programmable metasurface as phase-type spatial terahertz modulator", published in Opto-Electronic Advances @optoelectronadv.bsky.social Full-length paper available at doi.org/10.29026/oea...
#OEA_highlight Single-layer, cascaded and broadband-heat-dissipation metasurface for multi-wavelength lasers and infrared camouflage doi.org/10.29026/oea... by Prof. #Shan_Jiang #YongAn_Huang @Huazhong University of Science and Technology
#metasurface #heat_dissipation
#laser #camouflage
#metasurface #heat_dissipation
#laser #camouflage
August 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
#OEA_highlight Single-layer, cascaded and broadband-heat-dissipation metasurface for multi-wavelength lasers and infrared camouflage doi.org/10.29026/oea... by Prof. #Shan_Jiang #YongAn_Huang @Huazhong University of Science and Technology
#metasurface #heat_dissipation
#laser #camouflage
#metasurface #heat_dissipation
#laser #camouflage
Nature research paper: Trapping of single atoms in metasurface optical tweezer arrays
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Trapping of single atoms in metasurface optical tweezer arrays - Nature
Single strontium atoms are trapped in optical tweezer arrays generated via holographic metasurfaces, overcoming a critical barrier to realizing scalable neutral-atom quantum technologies.
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January 19, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Nature research paper: Trapping of single atoms in metasurface optical tweezer arrays
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this isn't some kind of vibes based shitpost, i have to constantly filter out papers about RISs while doing radio research because i'm not building a goddamn metasurface
May 23, 2026 at 6:28 AM
this isn't some kind of vibes based shitpost, i have to constantly filter out papers about RISs while doing radio research because i'm not building a goddamn metasurface
Researchers have developed a birefringent metasurface that, when hit with a beam of light, selectively transmits two beams of opposite chirality. The transparent device consists of a quartz substrate topped with a layer of lithium niobate etched to create a lattice of nanocubes.
Birefringent Nanocubes Give Light a Circular Boost
An achiral metasurface selectively transmits two beams of opposite chirality.
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March 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Researchers have developed a birefringent metasurface that, when hit with a beam of light, selectively transmits two beams of opposite chirality. The transparent device consists of a quartz substrate topped with a layer of lithium niobate etched to create a lattice of nanocubes.
A metasurface imager captured the Sun’s magnetic field in a single snapshot, and it could reshape how we design space-ready optics.
Optical Metasurface Sees a Sunny Future
Telescope-integrated device takes snapshots of polarized sunlight
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June 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
A metasurface imager captured the Sun’s magnetic field in a single snapshot, and it could reshape how we design space-ready optics.
#OEA_highlight Femtosecond laser maskless direct writing of dual-band crosstalk-free information for all-in-one high-security encryption metasurface doi.org/10.29026/oea... by #Zhiguo_Li #Dongshi_Zhang @sjtu1896 #metasurface #femtosecond #laser #maskless #direct_writing #encryption #rewritability
April 27, 2026 at 9:11 AM
#OEA_highlight Femtosecond laser maskless direct writing of dual-band crosstalk-free information for all-in-one high-security encryption metasurface doi.org/10.29026/oea... by #Zhiguo_Li #Dongshi_Zhang @sjtu1896 #metasurface #femtosecond #laser #maskless #direct_writing #encryption #rewritability
Researchers have used quantum entities known as exceptional points and a laser to flip a metasurface’s transmission of terahertz radiation back and forth between right and left circular polarizations.
Flipping a Metasurface’s Chirality
Illuminating a metasurface with a laser can enable the rapid modulation of the polarization of terahertz light transmitted through the metasurface.
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March 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Researchers have used quantum entities known as exceptional points and a laser to flip a metasurface’s transmission of terahertz radiation back and forth between right and left circular polarizations.
Just out our joint paper with UniBS and @ethz.ch on GHz speed modulation of linear and nonlinear light with a lithium niobate metasurface! Thanks @agostino.bsky.social @attilio-zilli.bsky.social @rachelgrange.bsky.social & the ETH team for this awesome collaboration.
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Efficient GHz electro-optical modulation with a nonlocal lithium niobate metasurface in the linear and nonlinear regime - Nature Communications
A lithium niobate nonlocal metasurface with high-Q (~8000) resonances demonstrates efficient GHz-rate reflectivity modulation (~0.1) and one order of magnitude second harmonic modulation using sub-10V...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just out our joint paper with UniBS and @ethz.ch on GHz speed modulation of linear and nonlinear light with a lithium niobate metasurface! Thanks @agostino.bsky.social @attilio-zilli.bsky.social @rachelgrange.bsky.social & the ETH team for this awesome collaboration.
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#OET_highlight Progress in metalenses: from single to array doi.org/10.29026/oet... by Prof. #Jin_Yao #Din_Ping_Tsai @CityUHongKong
#metasurface #metalens #metalens #array #planar #opticsmetasurface
#metasurface #metalens #metalens #array #planar #opticsmetasurface
September 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
#OET_highlight Progress in metalenses: from single to array doi.org/10.29026/oet... by Prof. #Jin_Yao #Din_Ping_Tsai @CityUHongKong
#metasurface #metalens #metalens #array #planar #opticsmetasurface
#metasurface #metalens #metalens #array #planar #opticsmetasurface
Researchers used a metasurface to improve a solar telescope.
“We believe this is one of the first times that metasurface optics ... have been used to improve scientific instrumentation of any kind outside of a lab proof-of-concept.” https://bit.ly/4oBjzyE
@ucsandiego.bsky.social💡⚛️ 🧪
“We believe this is one of the first times that metasurface optics ... have been used to improve scientific instrumentation of any kind outside of a lab proof-of-concept.” https://bit.ly/4oBjzyE
@ucsandiego.bsky.social💡⚛️ 🧪
June 18, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Researchers used a metasurface to improve a solar telescope.
“We believe this is one of the first times that metasurface optics ... have been used to improve scientific instrumentation of any kind outside of a lab proof-of-concept.” https://bit.ly/4oBjzyE
@ucsandiego.bsky.social💡⚛️ 🧪
“We believe this is one of the first times that metasurface optics ... have been used to improve scientific instrumentation of any kind outside of a lab proof-of-concept.” https://bit.ly/4oBjzyE
@ucsandiego.bsky.social💡⚛️ 🧪
A new nonlical nonlinear metasurface is able to achieve nonlinear light generation while also steering the generated light to desired angles.
The device could lead to ultra-compact light sources and beam-steering elements.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4r96fSx
#metasurface #technology 💡 ⚛️
The device could lead to ultra-compact light sources and beam-steering elements.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4r96fSx
#metasurface #technology 💡 ⚛️
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A new nonlical nonlinear metasurface is able to achieve nonlinear light generation while also steering the generated light to desired angles.
The device could lead to ultra-compact light sources and beam-steering elements.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4r96fSx
#metasurface #technology 💡 ⚛️
The device could lead to ultra-compact light sources and beam-steering elements.
Read the OPN story: https://bit.ly/4r96fSx
#metasurface #technology 💡 ⚛️
#Harvard Just Collapsed a Quantum Computer Onto a Chip
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
Harvard Just Collapsed a Quantum Computer Onto a Chip
Harvard engineers have built a chip-thin metasurface that replaces entire quantum optical setups.
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August 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#Harvard Just Collapsed a Quantum Computer Onto a Chip
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
New paper:
Quantum-well metasurface for free-space-accessible enhanced nonlinear polarization.
#Nanophotonics
#NonlinearOptics
#OpticalPhysics
#MetaSurface
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quantum-well metasurface for free-space-accessible enhanced nonlinear polarization.
#Nanophotonics
#NonlinearOptics
#OpticalPhysics
#MetaSurface
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Quantum-well metasurface for free-space-accessible enhanced nonlinear polarization - Nature Nanotechnology
Interband-engineered quantum wells integrated with a resonant metasurface yield giant near-infrared-to-visible optical nonlinearities.
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September 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
New paper:
Quantum-well metasurface for free-space-accessible enhanced nonlinear polarization.
#Nanophotonics
#NonlinearOptics
#OpticalPhysics
#MetaSurface
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Quantum-well metasurface for free-space-accessible enhanced nonlinear polarization.
#Nanophotonics
#NonlinearOptics
#OpticalPhysics
#MetaSurface
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#OEA_highlight Electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation doi.org/10.29026/oea... by Prof. #Mingzhao_Song #Andrey_Bogdanov @xyl85615557 #EFISH #metasurface #microresonator #vdW #nonlinear #nanophotonics #CPE #metasurfaces
January 28, 2026 at 8:46 AM
#OEA_highlight Electric-field-induced second-harmonic generation doi.org/10.29026/oea... by Prof. #Mingzhao_Song #Andrey_Bogdanov @xyl85615557 #EFISH #metasurface #microresonator #vdW #nonlinear #nanophotonics #CPE #metasurfaces
Researchers have shown they can entangle and distribute photons with a single, passive metasurface. The feat, which relies on tailoring quantum interference, boosts prospects that photon-based quantum technologies could be miniaturized.
Metasurface Entangles and Distributes Photons
Photons passing through a specially engineered wafer emerge entangled and spread among multiple output channels.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Researchers have shown they can entangle and distribute photons with a single, passive metasurface. The feat, which relies on tailoring quantum interference, boosts prospects that photon-based quantum technologies could be miniaturized.