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Long-wave infrared birefringent crystals are essential materials in infrared optical applications in fields such as infrared ...

Short-wave infrared radiation (SWIR ... at thousands of dollars a piece are far too expensive to use in such applications. It would seem fairly obvious that for generic, affordable SWIR sensors ...

Imagine electronic devices that never overheat and sensors that detect pollutants with unmatched precision. Researchers at ...

The potential applications of terahertz radiation are numerous and diverse ... This range falls between microwave and infrared frequencies on the electromagnetic spectrum, and it can be utilized for ...

The work 'Hyperbolic phonon-polariton electroluminescence in 2D heterostructures', led by researchers at the US Advanced ...

Newly published research in the journal Nature demonstrates a novel way of generating phonon-polaritons by making electrons collide with crystal lattice structures. The discovery paves the way for ...

Mid-infrared photonics is the practical application of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between two and approximately twenty micrometres. This region includes a number of so-called ...

This discovery not only opens new avenues for developing nanoscale long-wave infrared or terahertz light sources but also presents exciting opportunities for energy applications. During the HPhPs ...