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An invisible photonic crystal (PC) pattern encrypted at the dry state and decrypted by solvent is a new anticounterfeiting material system, but its diversity and complexity in response are still required to be increased to enhance the anticounterfeiting effect.

In this work, we present a photonic PCR thermocycler that achieves strong optical absorption, more efficient gene amplification, and further improves the effect of temperature distribution through the PCR sample using two gold nanofilms (AuNFs) and a high-power light-emitting diode chip (LED).

A novel photonic approach to generating a frequency-quadrupled millimeter-wave (mm-wave) signal with a tunable phase shift is proposed and demonstrated. Two second-order optical sidebands are generated by using a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) that is biased at the maximum transmission point and an optical notch filter.

Silicon photonics is an enabling technology that provides integrated photonic devices and systems with low-cost mass manufacturing capability. It has attracted increasing attention in both academia and industry in recent years, not only for its applications in communications, but also in sensing.

Here, we present a monolithic UV‐laser programming strategy that transforms flat NiTi sheets into photothermal SMA meta‐morphing structures, where kirigami mechanics and photonic absorbance are dual‐encoded within a single SMA metamaterial platform.

Photonic computing has attracted much attention due to its great potential to accelerate artificial neural network operations. However, the processing of a large amount of data, such as image data, basically requires large-scale photonic circuits and is still challenging due to its low scalability of the photonic integration.

Topology is a powerful framework for controlling and manipulating light, minimizing detrimental perturbations on the photonic properties. Combining nanophotonics with topological concepts presents opportunities for both fundamental physics and technological applications.

We propose and numerically demonstrate doubly resonant third-harmonic generation (THG) in a diamond photonic crystal (PhC) slab, in which the fundamental harmonic (FH) and the third harmonic (TH) modes are simultaneously resonant within the same membrane.

Here, we introduce and experimentally demonstrate a deterministic fusion operation with built-in error mitigation, capable of connecting small time-bin-encoded cluster states--originally generated on-demand from a quantum emitter--into larger, reconfigurable photonic graph states of increased sizes.

In contrast to cumbersome benchtop spectrometers, integrated on-chip spectrometers are well-suited for portable applications in health monitoring and environmental sensing. In this paper, we have developed an on-chip spectrometer with a programmable silicon photonic filter by simply using parallel cascaded micro-ring resonators (MRs).

We investigate the generation of deterministic and heralded non-Gaussian states of light, using a single two-level system coupled to a chiral waveguide. We study the case of a single two level system driven by pulsed coherent and squeezed drive in a chiral waveguide.

In these regards, one-dimensional photonic crystals, also known as Distributed Bragg Reflectors (DBRs), can represent simple yet efficient all-optical and label-free colorimetric sensors, given their relatively high color purity, easiness of integration with a large number of stimulus responsive materials, and low-cost fabrication from scalable processes.

We report a new approach to enhance the photonic response of thin-film topological insulator Bi2Se3 by significantly reducing twin domains and antiphase disorder. The strategy employs closely lattice-matched trigonal substrates combined with surface structuring to preferentially seed a single rotational domain before epitaxy.

This study diverges from previous high‐cost, high‐end setups by exploring the viability of QKD in more accessible and realistic settings. Our approach focuses on practical measurements of the signal‐to‐noise ratio by analysing polarisation‐encoded photonic qubits over various transmission scenarios.

Giant emitters derive their name from nonlocal field-emitter interactions and feature diverse self-interference effects. Authors of most of the existing works on giant emitters have considered Hermitian waveguides or photonic lattices.

The developed technology and materials will be of great significance in photonic applications such as long-term ODS.

We measured coherent ultrafast dynamics of exciton complexes in a single strongly-confined InAs quantum dot embedded in a GaAs nanopost. Such a photonic structure combines a wave guiding with a cavity effect and assures an enhanced light-matter coupling over a broad spectral range of 30 nm.

Polarization controllers (PCs) and their control algorithms are critical for compensating environmental disturbances and maintaining signal fidelity in polarization-sensitive photonic systems.