(Nanowerk Spotlight) The concepts of metamaterials and metasurfaces have spawned massive novel applications in free-space optics. However, recent research also indicates that they possess prominent ...

High-powered satellites use electromagnetic waveguides to deliver energy from one component to another. Typically, they are ...

One of the most important components of satellites that enable telecommunication is the waveguide, which is a metal tube for guiding radio waves. It is also one of the heaviest payloads satellites ...

DigiLens, creators of waveguide optics, today announced a “deeper” partnership with Mitsubishi Chemical to bring a plastic version of its waveguide technology to the market. The companies claim the ...

Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before ...

International optics and photonics technology group Schott, which also manufactures materials and components for Augmented Reality (AR) waveguides, has joined forces with Israeli company Lumus, a ...

A technical paper titled “Low-Loss Integration of High-Density Polymer Waveguides with Silicon Photonics for Co-Packaged Optics” was published by researchers at imec and Ghent University. “Co-Packaged ...

Apple is continuing its development of optical waveguide technology, likely as a way to make an "Apple Glass" augmented reality headset lighter and more comfortable to wear. Waveguides are structures ...