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A 1-MHz VCSEL for compact atomic clocks
Zhou Xin, Yukang Chen, Du Xiang
Published Published online: 30 April 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.047
A 2026 study introduced a transformative design for vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), achieving a dramatic narrowing of the intrinsic linewidth to approximately 1 MHz without relying on external optical feedback. This performance is enabled by the monolithic integration of a precisely engineered passive cavity that strategically tailors photon lifetime while suppressing mode competition. The resulting architecture delivers an ultra-compact, scalable, and inherently stable coherent light source, representing a significant advance for chip-scale atomic clocks and quantum sensing technologies.
Multifunctional single-fiber integration enables closed-loop tumour photothermal therapy
Xiaoyan Guo, Lijun Xu, Jingjing Guo
Published Published online: 29 April 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.055
Interventional photothermal therapy in oncology requires accurate tumour targeting, controlled thermal dosing, and timely feedback. Optical fibres offer a compact route for light delivery; however, most fibre-based approaches remain functionally fragmented. A recent study reports a multifunctional single-fibre probe that integrates tumour identification, photothermal therapy, and real-time feedback through wavelength-division strategies, representing an important step toward closed-loop tumour photothermal therapy.
Advanced neural network depicts precise structural colours
Haowen Liang, Juntao Li, Xue-Hua Wang
Published Published online: 28 April 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.048
A mixture probability sampling network is proposed to address the challenge of non-unique mappings between colour and nanostructures. This network successfully outputs structural colours with almost 100% precision, depicting wide-gamut nano-paintings.
Continuous-phase liquid-crystal optics promise a flat revolution
Bing-Xiang Li
Published Published online: 28 April 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.062
The two-photon polymerization direct laser writing technique was demonstrated for the fabrication of continuous-phase Fresnel zone plates within a polymerizable nematic liquid crystal (LC). The dielectric responses of the LC facilitate the creation of switchable, variable focal length and energy-efficient optical components, making them highly suitable for advanced applications in augmented and virtual reality, adaptive optics, and next-generation photonic systems.
Application of suspended waveguide to enable ppb-level on-chip photonic gas sensing
William W. Yu
Published Published online: 27 April 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.061
A recent study reported a suspended chalcogenide waveguide platform that enables ppb-level molecular gas sensing on a centimetre-scale photonic chip using near-infrared photothermal spectroscopy. These results highlight the use of suspended waveguides as a promising approach to achieving ultra-sensitive, fully integrated optical gas sensors by jointly engineering light–matter interaction and on-chip thermal management.
Spatiotemporal chaos synchronisation in broad-area lasers
Anbang Wang, Wenhui Chen, Yuncai Wang
Published Published online: 17 April 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.043
Experiments on the unidirectional injection of broad-area vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers demonstrate the synchronisation of fast spatiotemporal chaos and slow polarization-hopping dynamics under conditions of spectral alignment of the dominant transverse modes. These findings pave the way for high-capacity secure communications and massively parallel information processing enabled by spatial division multiplexing.
Unveiling the local origin of circular dichroism in chiral metasurfaces
Kyung-Hyun Yu, Dasol Lee
Published Published online: 23 March 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.023
In chiral metasurfaces, experiments reveal that circular dichroism (CD) is fundamentally dictated by asymmetric near-fields that are locally generated within individual meta-atoms. This work quantitatively establishes a sequential causal chain in which the geometric asymmetry of a meta-atom drives the selective excitation of specific eigenmodes and the emergence of chiral near-fields, which are manifested as the far-field CD response. Through this clarified linkage between geometry, modal responses, and optical chirality, chiral metasurface design can advance toward geometry-driven mode at the meta-atom level.
Scaling-up surface-emitting epitaxial lasers on silicon with one-dimensional photonic crystals
Patrick Parkinson
Published Published online: 19 March 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.019
Directly growing III-V lasers on 300 mm silicon wafers is a crucial step for future photonic integrated circuits. While recent work has achieved electrically-pumped in-plane lasing, new research has shown that surface emission can be efficiency achieved by modifying the heteroepitaxy of InGaAs/GaAs nano-ridges to form a one-dimensional photonic crystal, opening a new direction for scale-up of high-density surface emitting lasers on silicon.
Seeing clearly with entangled biphotons
Lixiang Chen, Xiaodong Qiu
Published Published online: 12 March 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.005
Position-correlated biphoton Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Based on this approach, the biphoton correlation propagating through phase turbulence can be measured and corrected, thus enabling adaptive quantum imaging against phase disturbances with only a single-shot measurement.
Anisotropic 2D materials for integrated polarimetric neuromorphic vision
Qi Liu, Luwei Zhou, Qi Wei, Hui Ren, Xuanyu Zhu, et al.
Published Published online: 12 March 2026 , doi: 10.37188/lam.2026.011
A polarization-sensitive neuromorphic vision sensor based on black arsenic-phosphorus, an anisotropic 2D material, can seamlessly integrate perception, memory, and computation. This device features flexible synaptic plasticity, enabling a hybrid neural network to achieve high accuracy in image tasks and demonstrating high-fidelity polarization-resolved imaging. This is a significant step toward compact and brain-inspired optoelectronic systems.
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