Spotlight on Optics

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Spotlight Summary by Juejun Hu
- Sb2S3 as a low-loss phase-change material for mid-IR photonics
- Low loss properties of the phase change material Sb₂S₃ were demonstrated in the mid-IR. Chalcogenide optical phase change materials feature large, nonvolatile refractive index modulation upon...
- Opt. Mater. Express 14(4) 862-870 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Marcelo Ciappina
- Resonant high-order harmonic generation by indium ions
- Unlocking the secrets of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in intense laser fields unveils a pathway to coherent collimated XUV beams of femtosecond or attosecond time durations. While noble gas jets dominate...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 41(3) 560-565 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Stefano Dal Conte
- Wavelength-tunable ultrafast two arm fiber laser system for transient interferometric scattering microscopy on nanoscopic objects
- Nanoscale low dimensional materials such as semiconducting quantum dots, nanowires, graphene and 2D transition metal dichalcogenides hold immense promise for being the primary building blocks of novel optoelectronic and...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 41(2) 493-499 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Yating Wan
- Single-mode InGaAsP/InP BH lasers based on high-order slotted surface gratings
- Recent research has led to the fabrication of a single-mode InGaAsP/InP buried heterostructure (BH) laser with high-order slotted surface gratings. This development represents an important step forward in the field of...
- Opt. Lett. 49(2) 286-289 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Pavel Shafirin and Artur Davoyan
- High forward thrust metasurface beam-riding sail
- Stable beam riding with architectured diffraction gratings. Optical manipulation of nanoscale objects using focused laser beams emerged as an indispensable tool. However, manipulating large – meter scale...
- Opt. Express 32(2) 1756-1763 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Teng Zhang
- Rydberg excitation through detuned microwave transition in rubidium
- Rydberg atoms are atoms with an electron in a highly excited quantum state that is loosely bound to the atomic nucleus, rendering them exquisitely sensitive to electromagnetic fields. Optical techniques based on...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 40(11) 2758-2761 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Lin Xu and Huanyang Chen
- Shifty invisibility cloaks
- Invisibility has always been an intriguing and challenging optical phenomenon. Since the proposal of transformation optics theory, the enthusiasm continues to be devoted to various strategies for achieving invisibility....
- Opt. Express 32(1) 11-25 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Emily A. Gibson
- Millimeter field-of-view miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely moving mice
- Zhao and coauthors have developed a new miniature head-mounted two-photon microscope with enhanced capabilities for large field-of-view brain imaging in freely moving mice. The design can perform sub-cellular resolution...
- Opt. Express 31(20) 32925-32934 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Yating Wan
- Single-mode InGaAsP/InP BH lasers based on high-order slotted surface gratings
- Recent research has led to the fabrication of a single-mode InGaAsP/InP buried heterostructure (BH) laser with high-order slotted surface gratings. This development represents an important step forward in the field of...
- Opt. Lett. 49(2) 286-289 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF