Optical rotation is a fundamental phenomenon observed when plane-polarised light traverses chiral media. This intrinsic property of chiral molecules renders them capable of rotating the plane of ...

The concept of chirality, defined as the geometric property where structures are non-superimposable on their mirror image, underpins a myriad of phenomena in nanoscience. At the nanoscale, engineering ...

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the racemic metasurface. (a) Arbitrary polarization-wavefront conversion. (b) Racemic "super-units". Chirality is one of the fundamental phenomena widely present in ...

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS From fundamental physics of light-matter interaction to fabrication of targeted optical properties in highly ...

In recent years, van der Waals crystals have evolved from scientific curiosities into a versatile platform for exploring novel quantum phases and unconventional nanophotonic phenomena. Their layered ...

Scientists at Harvard have built a miniature device that can twist and tune light in real time. By rotating two stacked ...

Chirality is an essential property in biology; the molecular building blocks of some of the most important biological structures, including DNA and proteins, are chiral. When a molecule is said to be ...

Researchers developed a quantum-dot circularly polarized light sensor using chiral charge transport layers, spanning ultraviolet to short-wave infrared wavelengths.

Engineers have developed a multifunctional, reconfigurable component for an optical computing system that could be a game changer in electronics. As fast as modern electronics have become, they could ...

To confirm whether this mechanism was driving the rotation, the team created a 3D theoretical model of a cell and evaluated the effect of the molecular chirality of actin and myosin on it. The results ...

Researchers have optimized and 3D-printed helix structures as optical materials for Terahertz (THz) frequencies, a potential way to address a technology gap for next-generation telecommunications, non ...