Nature Photonics
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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: Terahertz field control of surface topology probed with subatomic resolution.
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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: Organic permeable base transistors for high-performance photodetection with photo-memory effect.
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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: Multi-octave frequency comb from an ultra-low-threshold nanophotonic parametric oscillator.
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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: Water-induced high-performance quantum-dot light-emitting diodes.
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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 article online: Optical sieve for nanoplastic detection, sizing and counting.
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New open access article online:
Multispectral live-cell imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution.
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Multispectral live-cell imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
New open access article online:
Multispectral live-cell imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution.
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Multispectral live-cell imaging with uncompromised spatiotemporal resolution.
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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 open access article online: Broadband optical fibre with an attenuation lower than 0.1 decibel per kilometre.
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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: Excitation-encoded single-emission shortwave infrared lanthanide fluorophore palette for real-time in vivo multispectral imaging.
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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: Diffractive tensorized unit for million-TOPS general-purpose computing.
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New article online: Integrated electro-optic digital-to-analogue link for efficient computing and arbitrary waveform generation.
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Integrated electro-optic digital-to-analogue link for efficient computing and arbitrary waveform generation - Nature Photonics
Using the well-established foundry-based lithium niobate nanophotonics platform, a general electro-optic digital-to-analogue link with ultrahigh bandwidth (>150 Gb s−1) and ultralow power consumption (0.058 pJ b−1) is demonstrated, providing a direct, energy-efficient, high-speed and scalable solution for interfacing digital electronics and photonics.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
New article online: Integrated electro-optic digital-to-analogue link for efficient computing and arbitrary waveform generation.
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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: In situ coating strategy for flexible all-perovskite tandem modules.
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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 article online: Strong-interaction-driven quadrupolar-to-dipolar exciton transitions in a trilayer moiré superlattice.
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New article online: Triangle-beam interference structured illumination microscopy.
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Triangle-beam interference structured illumination microscopy - Nature Photonics
Triangle-beam interference structured illumination microscopy leverages radially polarized beams to generate two-dimensional lattice illumination patterns. The technique enables a temporal resolution of 242 Hz, spatial resolution of 100 nm and continuous imaging of neuronal growth for up to 13 h.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
New article online: Triangle-beam interference structured illumination microscopy.
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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 open access article online: Three-dimensional optofluidic control using reconfigurable thermal barriers.
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New open access article online: Wide-field spectroscopic imaging of optical activity.
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Wide-field spectroscopic imaging of optical activity - Nature Photonics
A wide-field microscope capable of simultaneously measuring circular dichroism and circular birefringence signals over wide fields of view of the order of hundreds of micrometres is demonstrated, addressing the challenge of spatially resolving chiral heterogeneity in materials and biomolecules.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
New open access article online: Wide-field spectroscopic imaging of optical activity.
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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: High-efficiency perovskite solar cells enabled by suppressing intermolecular aggregation in hole-selective contacts.
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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: Local lattice softening in semiconductor quantum dots for efficient white light-emitting diodes.
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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 article online: Tunable coherent mixed-dimensional perovskite heterojunctions and quantum wells grown from solution.
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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: Waveform-controlled field synthesis of sub-two-cycle pulses at the 100 TW peak power level.
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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 open access article online: Stimulated Brillouin scattering microscopy with a high-peak-power 780-nm pulsed laser system.
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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: High-performance deep-blue phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes enabled by a platinum(ii) emitter.
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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
New article online: Tunable nanophotonic devices and cavities based on a two-dimensional magnet.
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