Meta’s AR glasses beam a full-color display through their lenses using waveguides and mirrors. It’s brilliant, it’s futuristic—and it’s glued shut. Wearables could replace our phones, but they should age as well as our favorite glasses. Read our full breakdown here:
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October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Meta’s AR glasses beam a full-color display through their lenses using waveguides and mirrors. It’s brilliant, it’s futuristic—and it’s glued shut. Wearables could replace our phones, but they should age as well as our favorite glasses. Read our full breakdown here:
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so this works...to a point. breaks down a bit when wires start to act morr like waveguides
October 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
so this works...to a point. breaks down a bit when wires start to act morr like waveguides
He’s doing the meme:
September 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
He’s doing the meme:
Ergun Simsek: A Nonlinear Finite-Difference Solver for Modal Analysis of Dielectric Waveguides https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17746 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.17746 https://arxiv.org/html/2503.17746
March 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Ergun Simsek: A Nonlinear Finite-Difference Solver for Modal Analysis of Dielectric Waveguides https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.17746 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.17746 https://arxiv.org/html/2503.17746
An Editors' Pick via #OPG_OL: Second-order nonlinear frequency conversion in InGaP-on-insulator waveguides opg.optica.org/ol/fulltext.... #WaveguideModes #DifferenceFrequencyGeneration @au.dk
June 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
An Editors' Pick via #OPG_OL: Second-order nonlinear frequency conversion in InGaP-on-insulator waveguides opg.optica.org/ol/fulltext.... #WaveguideModes #DifferenceFrequencyGeneration @au.dk
Freddie Jensen, Harry Turnbull, Edward James Brambley: The Weakly-Nonlinear Admittance at Open Ends of Two- and Three-Dimensional Acoustic Waveguides https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21615 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.21615 https://arxiv.org/html/2509.21615
September 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Freddie Jensen, Harry Turnbull, Edward James Brambley: The Weakly-Nonlinear Admittance at Open Ends of Two- and Three-Dimensional Acoustic Waveguides https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21615 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.21615 https://arxiv.org/html/2509.21615
Unlike conventional optical tactile sensors, which tend to have a single input-output path, the sensor design achieves multiple optical channels by embedding polymer optical waveguides in silicone rubber.
The researchers tested the sensor by applying controlled pressure with a fingertip.
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The researchers tested the sensor by applying controlled pressure with a fingertip.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Unlike conventional optical tactile sensors, which tend to have a single input-output path, the sensor design achieves multiple optical channels by embedding polymer optical waveguides in silicone rubber.
The researchers tested the sensor by applying controlled pressure with a fingertip.
💡⚛️
The researchers tested the sensor by applying controlled pressure with a fingertip.
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Excited to share our latest preprint “Engineering Rogue Waves via Multimode Interactions in Integrated Waveguides” now on arXiv!
In this study, we show that rogue waves—rare extreme optical pulses—can be engineered via modal excitation in multimode Si₃N₄ waveguides.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.07082
In this study, we show that rogue waves—rare extreme optical pulses—can be engineered via modal excitation in multimode Si₃N₄ waveguides.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.07082
Engineering Rogue Waves via Multimode Interactions in Integrated Waveguides
We explore rogue wave formation in multimode silicon nitride (Si$_3$N$_4$) waveguides with multimode nonlinear Schrödinger equation-based simulations. Pure fundamental-mode excitation produces smooth ...
arxiv.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Excited to share our latest preprint “Engineering Rogue Waves via Multimode Interactions in Integrated Waveguides” now on arXiv!
In this study, we show that rogue waves—rare extreme optical pulses—can be engineered via modal excitation in multimode Si₃N₄ waveguides.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.07082
In this study, we show that rogue waves—rare extreme optical pulses—can be engineered via modal excitation in multimode Si₃N₄ waveguides.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.07082
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Active control of localized mode and transmission in topological phononic waveguides by non-Hermitian modulation
2023 Appl. Phys. Express 16 094001
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#Physics
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#acoustics
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#crystal
#Hermite
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#finite
Active control of localized mode and transmission in topological phononic waveguides by non-Hermitian modulation
2023 Appl. Phys. Express 16 094001
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
#APEX
#OpenAccess
#Physics
#topological
#acoustics
#phononic
#crystal
#Hermite
#waveguide
#finite
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
[OPEN ACCESS]
Active control of localized mode and transmission in topological phononic waveguides by non-Hermitian modulation
2023 Appl. Phys. Express 16 094001
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
#APEX
#OpenAccess
#Physics
#topological
#acoustics
#phononic
#crystal
#Hermite
#waveguide
#finite
Active control of localized mode and transmission in topological phononic waveguides by non-Hermitian modulation
2023 Appl. Phys. Express 16 094001
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
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#OpenAccess
#Physics
#topological
#acoustics
#phononic
#crystal
#Hermite
#waveguide
#finite
using impedance matched interdigital transducers and characterize their electromechanical coupling and propagation losses. Additionally, we analyze how these waveguides could interact with various important quantum and classical systems that can be [7/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18113v1]
March 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
using impedance matched interdigital transducers and characterize their electromechanical coupling and propagation losses. Additionally, we analyze how these waveguides could interact with various important quantum and classical systems that can be [7/8 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18113v1]
Jonathan Christie, James R. Henderson, Edward W. Snedden, Laura Corner: Two-colour balanced optical cross-correlator using fibre-coupled PPLN waveguides https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01812 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.01812 https://arxiv.org/html/2506.01812
June 3, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Jonathan Christie, James R. Henderson, Edward W. Snedden, Laura Corner: Two-colour balanced optical cross-correlator using fibre-coupled PPLN waveguides https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01812 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.01812 https://arxiv.org/html/2506.01812
New research improves how we calculate modal gain and loss in optical waveguides.
Accurate formulas for TE and TM modes offer insights for lasers, amplifiers & photonic devices—up to 10x difference in TM vs TE gain!
🔗 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
Accurate formulas for TE and TM modes offer insights for lasers, amplifiers & photonic devices—up to 10x difference in TM vs TE gain!
🔗 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
Modal Gain and Loss in Three-Layer Optical Waveguides
A perturbation analysis based on the imaginary part of the complex permittivity rather than on the electric fields associated with stimulated emission shows that the formula for TM gain applies to any...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
June 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New research improves how we calculate modal gain and loss in optical waveguides.
Accurate formulas for TE and TM modes offer insights for lasers, amplifiers & photonic devices—up to 10x difference in TM vs TE gain!
🔗 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
Accurate formulas for TE and TM modes offer insights for lasers, amplifiers & photonic devices—up to 10x difference in TM vs TE gain!
🔗 ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/108...
😎 SCHOTT is the first to scale Geometric Reflective Waveguides to commercial manufacturing volumes.
The production breakthrough enables lighter AR glasses with clearer displays and longer battery life.
Read more: www.remixreality.com/schott-achie...
The production breakthrough enables lighter AR glasses with clearer displays and longer battery life.
Read more: www.remixreality.com/schott-achie...
SCHOTT Achieves First Serial Production of Reflective Waveguides for AR Glasses
SCHOTT has announced it has achieved the first serial production of Geometric Reflective Waveguides. The company says it is the first to manufacture this optical component at commercial scale.
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September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
😎 SCHOTT is the first to scale Geometric Reflective Waveguides to commercial manufacturing volumes.
The production breakthrough enables lighter AR glasses with clearer displays and longer battery life.
Read more: www.remixreality.com/schott-achie...
The production breakthrough enables lighter AR glasses with clearer displays and longer battery life.
Read more: www.remixreality.com/schott-achie...
✨Bendable light paths unlock wearable tech! Stretchable waveguides promise seamless sensing & health monitoring woven into *your* clothes! 🤯 #innovation
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-stretchable-waveguides-stable-transmission-bent.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-stretchable-waveguides-stable-transmission-bent.html
Stretchable waveguides maintain stable transmission even when bent or twisted
Researchers have designed and demonstrated stretchable waveguides that maintain efficient, stable signal transmission of surface plasmon polaritons even when bent, twisted or stretched. These plasmonic waveguides could make it possible to seamlessly embed advanced sensing, communication and health monitoring functions into everyday wearable materials.
phys.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
✨Bendable light paths unlock wearable tech! Stretchable waveguides promise seamless sensing & health monitoring woven into *your* clothes! 🤯 #innovation
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-stretchable-waveguides-stable-transmission-bent.html
Source: https://phys.org/news/2025-10-stretchable-waveguides-stable-transmission-bent.html
Exciting acquisition by Snap: Snap is buying its AR display supplier for more than $500 million https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/21/22447150/snap-waveoptics-acquisition-500m-spectacles-waveguides ping @tnatw
Snap is buying its AR display supplier for more than $500...
Snap’s largest deal ever.
www.theverge.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Exciting acquisition by Snap: Snap is buying its AR display supplier for more than $500 million https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/21/22447150/snap-waveoptics-acquisition-500m-spectacles-waveguides ping @tnatw
110 GHz. This work demonstrates the combination of multi-layer low-loss SiN waveguides with high-performance LN EOMs made in a scalable fabrication process using conventional low-resistivity silicon (Si) wafers. [3/3 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00311v1]
April 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
110 GHz. This work demonstrates the combination of multi-layer low-loss SiN waveguides with high-performance LN EOMs made in a scalable fabrication process using conventional low-resistivity silicon (Si) wafers. [3/3 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00311v1]
mc² = hv = ψi_q
Pseudoscience woo, or abstraction layer continuity wow?
AI struggling to animate the model.
Pseudoscience woo, or abstraction layer continuity wow?
AI struggling to animate the model.
August 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
mc² = hv = ψi_q
Pseudoscience woo, or abstraction layer continuity wow?
AI struggling to animate the model.
Pseudoscience woo, or abstraction layer continuity wow?
AI struggling to animate the model.
arXiv:2504.21424v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A coupled pair of waveguides with refractive indices of different signs is considered. It is shown that the gap in the linear wave spectrum closes if these waves are amplitude modulated. To look for [1/3 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21424v1]
Abstract: A coupled pair of waveguides with refractive indices of different signs is considered. It is shown that the gap in the linear wave spectrum closes if these waves are amplitude modulated. To look for [1/3 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21424v1]
May 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
arXiv:2504.21424v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A coupled pair of waveguides with refractive indices of different signs is considered. It is shown that the gap in the linear wave spectrum closes if these waves are amplitude modulated. To look for [1/3 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21424v1]
Abstract: A coupled pair of waveguides with refractive indices of different signs is considered. It is shown that the gap in the linear wave spectrum closes if these waves are amplitude modulated. To look for [1/3 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21424v1]
Stretchable plasmonic waveguides demonstrate stable, efficient signal transmission even when bent, twisted, or stretched, supporting potential integration into wearable sensing and communication devices. doi.org/g95zdq
Stretchable waveguides maintain stable transmission even when bent or twisted
Researchers have designed and demonstrated stretchable waveguides that maintain efficient, stable signal transmission of surface plasmon polaritons even when bent, twisted or stretched.
phys.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Stretchable plasmonic waveguides demonstrate stable, efficient signal transmission even when bent, twisted, or stretched, supporting potential integration into wearable sensing and communication devices. doi.org/g95zdq
isolation of thermo-optic devices by selectively removing substrate material beneath the waveguides and resonators. This approach significantly reduces the power required for thermal tuning across multiple device architectures, achieving almost a [4/7 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09009v1]
March 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
isolation of thermo-optic devices by selectively removing substrate material beneath the waveguides and resonators. This approach significantly reduces the power required for thermal tuning across multiple device architectures, achieving almost a [4/7 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09009v1]
Innovative Polymer Waveguides Enhance Optical Communication for Data Centers#USA#Piscataway#Co-Packaged_Optics#Optical_Communication#Polymer_Waveguides
Innovative Polymer Waveguides Enhance Optical Communication for Data Centers
Recent research highlights the effectiveness of polymer waveguides in co-packaged optics, boosting optical communication reliability for high-capacity networks.
third-news.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Innovative Polymer Waveguides Enhance Optical Communication for Data Centers#USA#Piscataway#Co-Packaged_Optics#Optical_Communication#Polymer_Waveguides
realized through highly pump-depleted second-harmonic generation (SHG) in periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) nanophotonic waveguides, achieving 79% absolute conversion efficiency. This activation exhibits a sigmoid-like, wavelength-selective [4/7 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18145v1]
April 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
realized through highly pump-depleted second-harmonic generation (SHG) in periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) nanophotonic waveguides, achieving 79% absolute conversion efficiency. This activation exhibits a sigmoid-like, wavelength-selective [4/7 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18145v1]
A team from the University of Münster and @uniheidelberg.bsky.social has developed a new method of producing waveguides in which spin waves can propagate particularly far. They have thus created the largest spin waveguide network to date. Orig. publ.: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Research team produces low-loss spin waveguide network
A team from the Universities of Münster and Heidelberg has developed a new method of producing waveguides in which spin waves can propagate particularly far. They have thus created the largest spin wa...
www.uni-muenster.de
July 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A team from the University of Münster and @uniheidelberg.bsky.social has developed a new method of producing waveguides in which spin waves can propagate particularly far. They have thus created the largest spin waveguide network to date. Orig. publ.: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Widely non-degenerate nonlinear frequency conversion in cryogenic titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguides
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02392
Nina Amelie Lange et al.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02392
Nina Amelie Lange et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02392
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Widely non-degenerate nonlinear frequency conversion in cryogenic titanium in-diffused lithium niobate waveguides
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02392
Nina Amelie Lange et al.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02392
Nina Amelie Lange et al.