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Nature Photonics spoke to Allen Taflove, father of the finite-difference time-domain technique, about the birth of Maxwell's equations and their impact on the world after 150 years.
Fluctuations in light transmitted through a plasmonic nanohole-structure provide a way of mapping Raman transitions in nanoscale objects, including single proteins.
Non-invasive, multispectral characterization of integrated photonic circuits paves the way towards optical methodologies ready for industrial applications.
The nineteenth-century Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell made groundbreaking contributions to many areas of science including thermodynamics and colour vision. However, he is best known for his equations that unified electricity, magnetism and light.
Long-distance secure quantum communication has long been one of the goals of quantum optics research. Ambitions are now growing following the realization of fibre-based links to free-space satellite–ground communication networks.
The demonstration of real-time and non-destructive Doppler-assisted tomography of the internal structure of photonic-crystal fibres could aid the fabrication of high-quality fibres with enhanced performance.
Microcavity polaritons—the bosonic quasiparticles that result from strong light–matter coupling—are observed for the first time in a dielectric cavity containing a monolayer of molybdenum disulphide at room temperature.
A table-top source based on high-harmonic generation produces bright, coherent, quasi-circular pulses of extreme ultraviolet light for probing chiral molecules.
Transformation optics is a modern application of Maxwell's equations offering unprecedented control over the flow of light that exploits spatially customized optical properties and mathematical techniques applied to space-time curvature.
The authors observe electron interference using the Auger electron emitted from an O2 molecule ionized by a soft X-ray photon. The interference disappears when the location of the O+ can be determined from the final state observed.
