Engineers are now developing photonic routers that exploit all-optical processing to avoid the optical–electronic conversion that introduces a lot of inefficiency. Here, a key device is the ...

Cooling whole molecules to temperatures in the microkelvin ... MIT have demonstrated an alternative scheme based on organic photonics. The team's organic solar concentrators consist of a high ...

These changes are recorded and analyzed to identify the molecules. The technology is highly sensitive and can detect single molecules, making it an invaluable tool for molecular biology and ...

Biomarkers are small molecules of interest to researchers ... called radiating guided mode resonance, which utilizes photonic crystals—thin pieces of glass with small gratings on the surface.

The study is published in the journal Nature Photonics. Ultrashort laser pulses can make molecules vibrate impulsively, similarly to how a quick tap can make a bell ring. When the molecules are ...