2025 European Conference on Optics for Solar Energy

The SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing (PP26) will be held in Berlin, Germany from March 3- 6, 2026.

The points where diffraction orders emerge or vanish in the propagating spectrum of periodic non-Hermitian systems are referred to as scattering thresholds. Close to these branch points, resonances f...

April 8-10, 2026 – Lausanne, Switzerland Join us in the Olympic Capital to share your research with world leaders in the field of computational electromagnetics and the numerical simulation of photoni...

Perovskite solar cells have reached power conversion efficiencies that rival those of established silicon photovoltaic technologies. Nanotextures in perovskite solar cells optimise light trapping and ...

European Conference on Integrated Optics focuses on leading edge research on integrated optics, optoelectronics and nano-photonics

The growing demand for ultra-fast telecommunications, autonomous driving, and futuristic technologies highlights the crucial role of active beam steering at the nanoscale. This work theoretically pre...

2025 European Conference on Optics for Solar Energy

Gold gratings were measured by spectroscopic ellipsometry in reflection mode and modeled by the finite element method to investigate the capabilities of optical dimensional metrology for plasmonic dif...

Photovoltaics, a mature technology, is set to play a vital role in achieving a carbon-free energy system. This article examines the pivotal role of optics in advancing photovoltaics. We identify key s...

Periodic lattices of high refractive index materials manipulate light in exceptional manners. Resulting remarkable properties range from photonic band gaps to chiral active matter, which critically depend on parameters of crystal lattices such as the unit cell, lattice type, and periodicity. In self-assembled materials, the lattice properties are inherited by the geometry and size of the macromolecules or colloidal particles assembling the unit cell. DNA origami allows for excellent control over the size and shape of assembled macromolecules while simultaneously allowing control over the interaction between them and ultimately the crystal’s structure. Here, we present the assembly of chiral, rhombohedral crystals in one, two, and three dimensions built by a DNA origami tensegrity triangle. Subsequent modification of the lattice with gold nanorods converts the lattices into chiral plasmonic metamaterials active in the visible and near-infrared spectral range. We demonstrate their chiral activity and corroborate the experimental results with simulated data.