New augmented reality head-mounted display offers unrivalled viewing experience

Cambridge engineers have developed a new augmented reality (AR) head-mounted display (HMD) that delivers a realistic 3D viewing experience, without the commonly associated side effects of nausea or eyestrain.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 22, 2019 ~3 min

Micro ring resonator has highest quality factor to date

MIT, Singapore researchers show high-quality photonic device based on amorphous silicon carbide.

Denis Paiste | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
July 8, 2019 ~12 min


Chip design drastically reduces energy needed to compute with light

Simulations suggest photonic chip could run optical neural networks 10 million times more efficiently than its electrical counterparts.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
June 5, 2019 ~9 min

Mathematical technique quickly tunes next-generation lenses

“Metasurfaces” that manipulate light at tiny scales could find uses in cellphone lenses, smart-car sensors, and optical fibers.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 21, 2019 ~8 min

Smallest pixels ever created could light up colour-changing buildings

The smallest pixels yet created – a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold – could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays, big enough to cover entire buildings.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 10, 2019 ~3 min

Harvard researchers convert photons; could be used to fight cancer

Harvard researchers are using a chemical process known as triplet fusion upconversion to transform near-infrared photons into high-energy photons. The high-energy photons could be used in a huge range of applications, including a new type of precisely targeted chemotherapy, in which low-energy infrared lasers that penetrate deep into the body could be used to transform innocuous compounds into cancer-fighting drugs.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Feb. 27, 2019 ~6 min

Opportunities for materials innovation abound

Faculty researchers share insights into new capabilities at the annual Industrial Liaison Program Research and Development Conference.

Denis Paiste | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Dec. 14, 2018 ~11 min

See-through film rejects 70 percent of incoming solar heat

Material could be used to coat windows, save on air-conditioning costs.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 8, 2018 ~7 min


Fish-eye lens may entangle pairs of atoms | MIT News

Scientists find a theoretical optical device may have uses in quantum computing.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 5, 2018 ~9 min

On-chip optical filter processes wide range of light wavelengths | MIT News

Silicon-based system offers smaller, cheaper alternative to other “broadband” filters; could improve a variety of photonic devices.

Rob Matheson' | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 1, 2018 ~9 min

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