Silicon waveguides form the backbone of modern integrated photonics by confining light within high‐contrast silicon‐on‐insulator platforms. Design strategies range from simple strip geometries to slot ...

Spin photonics revolutionizes photonic technology by enabling precise manipulation of photon spin states, with spin-decoupled metasurfaces emerging as pivotal in complex optical field manipulation.

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Researchers reported a novel technology enhancing the high transparency of refractive polymer film via a one-step vapor deposition process. The sulfur-containing polymer (SCP) film produced by ...

The physical properties of the layer structure being analyzed are included in the measured ellipsometric parameters (Ψ and Δ). This information exhibits the layer thickness and refractive index ...

The phenomenon of zero refractive index, exhibited by ZIMs, has proven highly useful, especially in the fields of waveguiding and optics. Silicon carbide, classified as a polaritonic material, ...

This review analyzes III-V monolithic integrated tunable lasers, highlighting design principles, performance trade-offs, and ...