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A journal that publishes top-quality, peer-reviewed research in all areas of optics and photonics, e.g. light generation, propagation, manipulation & detection.
New article online: Topological microwave isolator with >100 dB isolation.

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November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
New article online: Terahertz field control of surface topology probed with subatomic resolution.

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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
New article online: Organic permeable base transistors for high-performance photodetection with photo-memory effect.

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Organic permeable base transistors for high-performance photodetection with photo-memory effect - Nature Photonics
Organic permeable base transistors featuring a porous aluminium electrode within the semiconductor channel enable high photo-gain and charge storage simultaneously. The transistors achieve retention t...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
New article online: Multi-octave frequency comb from an ultra-low-threshold nanophotonic parametric oscillator.

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Multi-octave frequency comb from an ultra-low-threshold nanophotonic parametric oscillator - Nature Photonics
Using low-threshold and dispersion engineering, a 2.6-octave frequency comb is generated on a LiNbO3 chip via an optical parametric oscillator with only 121 fJ. The optical parametric oscillator desig...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New article online: Electrically triggered spin–photon devices in silicon.

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Electrically triggered spin–photon devices in silicon - Nature Photonics
Two types of on-chip silicon device utilizing silicon T centres are developed: an O-band light-emitting diode and an electrically triggered single-photon source. Further, a new method of spin initiali...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
New article online: Water-induced high-performance quantum-dot light-emitting diodes.

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Water-induced high-performance quantum-dot light-emitting diodes - Nature Photonics
Counterintuitively, the presence of water is found to improve the performance of quantum-dot light-emitting diodes.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New article online: Optical sieve for nanoplastic detection, sizing and counting.

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Optical sieve for nanoplastic detection, sizing and counting - Nature Photonics
An optical sieve—an array of optically resonant voids in gallium arsenide—enables sorting, detecting and counting nanoplastics as small as a few hundreds of nanometres at concentrations as low as 150 ...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
New open access article online:
Multispectral live-cell imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution.

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November 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
New open access article online: Broadband optical fibre with an attenuation lower than 0.1 decibel per kilometre.

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Broadband optical fibre with an attenuation lower than 0.1 decibel per kilometre - Nature Photonics
Microstructured air-core optical fibre provides unprecedented low-loss transmission of light signals over a broad wavelength window.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
New article online: Excitation-encoded single-emission shortwave infrared lanthanide fluorophore palette for real-time in vivo multispectral imaging.

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Excitation-encoded single-emission shortwave infrared lanthanide fluorophore palette for real-time in vivo multispectral imaging - Nature Photonics
Lanbow, a palette of fluorophores with tunable near-infrared absorption and single-band emission in the shortwave infrared, enables up to nine-colour imaging in deep tissue and precise image-guided su...
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October 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
New article online: Diffractive tensorized unit for million-TOPS general-purpose computing.

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Diffractive tensorized unit for million-TOPS general-purpose computing - Nature Photonics
A photonic processor based on a diffractive tensorized unit enables million-TOPS general-purpose computing. The approach challenges the generality and scalability constraints of diffractive computing ...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
New article online: In situ coating strategy for flexible all-perovskite tandem modules.

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October 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
New article online: Strong-interaction-driven quadrupolar-to-dipolar exciton transitions in a trilayer moiré superlattice.

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Strong-interaction-driven quadrupolar-to-dipolar exciton transitions in a trilayer moiré superlattice - Nature Photonics
A dual-gated moiré superlattice device made of trilayer WSe2/WS2/WSe2 enables controlling quadrupolar excitons by driving quadrupolar-to-dipolar exciton transitions via tuning the excitation intensity and doping.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
New open access article online: Three-dimensional optofluidic control using reconfigurable thermal barriers.

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October 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
New article online: High-efficiency perovskite solar cells enabled by suppressing intermolecular aggregation in hole-selective contacts.

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High-efficiency perovskite solar cells enabled by suppressing intermolecular aggregation in hole-selective contacts - Nature Photonics
A new p-type small molecule enhances defect passivation and improves interfacial charge transport in perovskite solar cells, enabling devices with a certified power conversion efficiency of 26.72%, 97% of which is maintained after 2,500 h of continuous operation.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
New article online: Local lattice softening in semiconductor quantum dots for efficient white light-emitting diodes.

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Local lattice softening in semiconductor quantum dots for efficient white light-emitting diodes - Nature Photonics
Semiconductor quantum dots that simultaneously support blue and yellow emission offer a route to realizing efficient white light-emitting diodes.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
New article online: Tunable coherent mixed-dimensional perovskite heterojunctions and quantum wells grown from solution.

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September 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
New open access article online: Waveform-controlled field synthesis of sub-two-cycle pulses at the 100 TW peak power level.

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Waveform-controlled field synthesis of sub-two-cycle pulses at the 100 TW peak power level - Nature Photonics
A broadband cascaded amplification scheme enables the generation of intense near-single-cycle pulses with excellent temporal contrast and waveform control.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
New open access article online: Stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy with a high-peak-power 780-nm pulsed laser system.

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Stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy with a high-peak-power 780-nm pulsed laser system - Nature Photonics
A high-peak-power low-duty-cycle pulsed fibre laser enables stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy with pixel dwell times as low as 0.2 ms and spatial resolution as low as 500 nm and 2 μm in the l...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
New article online: High-performance deep-blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes enabled by a platinum(ii) emitter.

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High-performance deep-blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes enabled by a platinum(ii) emitter - Nature Photonics
A new platinum(ii)-based emitter features suppressed intermolecular interactions, enhanced molecular rigidity and locally excited character, enabling narrowband blue phosphorescent OLEDs emitting at 4...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
New article online: Tunable nanophotonic devices and cavities based on a two-dimensional magnet.

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Tunable nanophotonic devices and cavities based on a two-dimensional magnet - Nature Photonics
CrSBr, a van der Waals antiferromagnetic semiconductor, is used to fabricate photonic crystal slabs, featuring exceptional in situ control over optical behaviour and thus enabling precise manipulation...
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September 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM