Results 51 to 60 of about 43,498 (286)

Tailoring chiral optical properties by femtosecond laser direct writing in silica

Light: Science & Applications, 2023
A two-layers model is proposed to reveal that femtosecond laser direct writing chirality inside silica glass has two contributions: a form birefringence and a stress related birefringence.
Jiafeng Lu, Jing Tian, Bertrand Poumellec, Enrique Garcia-Caurel, Razvigor Ossikovski, Xianglong Zeng, Matthieu Lancry   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elasticity‐Driven Periodic Polarization Patterns in a Chiral Ferroelectric Nematic Fluid

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Chiral polar ferroelectric nematic fluids exhibit spontaneous formation of stripe, square, and hexagonal polarization textures under confinement. Controlled by thickness and anchoring, these patterns produce spatially modulated nonlinear optical responses.
Anej Sterle, Peter Medle Rupnik, Luka Cmok, Aitor Erkoreka, Marta Lavrič, Natan Osterman, Calum J. Gibb, Jordan Hobbs, Josu Martinez‐Perdiguero, Richard J. Mandle, Alenka Mertelj, Nerea Sebastián   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ionic Gating of Liquid‐Crystal‐Like Pteridine Assemblies Enables Tunable Light Scattering

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Tunable optical properties emerge through developmentally regulated ionic gating, which transforms disordered, ultraviolet (UV)‐absorbing organelles into concentrically ordered, liquid‐crystal‐like light scatterers. By integrating analyses of pteridine composition, potassium‐dependent assembly, hierarchical ultrastructure, and optical behavior, the ...
Sourabh Bera, Zohar Eyal, Yael Noy, Yuval Barzilay, Siddharth Sahoo, Srikant Moharana, Avi Baram, Tali Lerer‐Goldshtein, Neta Varsano, Bar Bader, Lothar Houben, Uwe Heinig, Iddo Pinkas, Moshe Goldsmith, Tamar Unger, Shira Albeck, Andrea Sorrentino, Maxim Itkin, Sergey Malitsky, Ziv Porat, Ido Hadar, Venkata Jayasurya Yallapragada, Dvir Gur   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precise detection of tiny birefringence with accuracy reaching 10−11 level

Nature Communications
High-precision birefringence detection is crucial in many fundamental and applied research fields such as chirality detection, optical clocks and quantum information.
Xiliang Zhang, Yanwen Hu, Shiwen Zhou, Zepei Zeng, Guohua Liu, Haolin Lin, Zhen Li, Zhenqiang Chen, Shenhe Fu   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epitaxially Integrated Electro‐Optic KNbO3 Thin Films on Silicon

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
We demonstrate the first epitaxial integration of electro‐optic KNbO3 thin films on silicon using suboxide molecular‐beam epitaxy. Combining adsorption‐controlled molecular‐beam epitaxy, advanced characterization, and phase‐field modeling, we demonstrate phase‐pure crystalline films mirroring bulk crystals with robust Pockels response, enabling future ...
Sankalpa Hazra, Tobias Schwaigert, Yingxin Zhu, Aiden Ross, Muhammad Aminul Haque Chowdhury, Shun‐Li Shang, Sameer Singh, Zhiyu Zhang, Zhe Wang, Brynn Brower, Saugata Sarker, Suchismita Sarker, Zi‐Kui Liu, Rama K. Vasudevan, Long‐Qing Chen, Yang Yang, Darrell G. Schlom, Venkatraman Gopalan   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long-Time Relaxation of Stress-Induced Birefringence of Microcrystalline Alkali Halide Crystals

Molecules, 2018
Alkali halide single crystals are most commonly used as the diluent matrix in the tablet method or disk technique for spectroscopic measurements. However, stress-induced birefringence (SIB) of alkali halides as well as intrinsic birefringence manifest ...
Hiroki Ueno, Ryoga Arakane, Yoshihisa Matsumoto, Tomoki Tsumura, Akihito Kitazaki, Toru Takahashi, Shotaro Hirao, Yasushi Ohga, Takunori Harada   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phase-matching-induced near-chirp-free solitons in normal-dispersion fiber lasers

Light: Science & Applications, 2022
The fiber birefringence, chromatic dispersion, and nonlinear effect follow a phase-matching principle, enabling the formation of birefringence-managed solitons in normal-dispersion fiber lasers containing a section of polarization-maintaining fiber.
Dong Mao, Zhiwen He, Yusong Zhang, Yueqing Du, Chao Zeng, Ling Yun, Zhichao Luo, Tijian Li, Zhipei Sun, Jianlin Zhao   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fabrication of Aligned Polycaprolactone Nanofibrillar Bundles to Control Cell‐Mediated Collagen Deposition in Engineered Cartilage

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Melt electrofibrillation (MEF) enables the fabrication of nanofibrillar PCL scaffolds with defined architectures that guide cellular alignment and retention during cartilage tissue engineering. Unlike conventional melt electrowriting, MEF consistently directs collagen type II‐rich extracellular matrix organization, providing a tunable platform to ...
Alba Pueyo Moliner, Lennard Spauwen, James L. Martin Robinson, Ángela García Grech, Isabelle Martinier, Sara Grasselli, Aylin Kara Özenler, Matthias Ryma, Jürgen Groll, Mylène de Ruijter, Jos Malda   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

STUDY OF BIREFRINGENCE INFLUENCE ON IMAGE QUALITY OF PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEMS IN VIEW OF PARTIALLY-COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE [PDF]

Научно-технический вестник информационных технологий, механики и оптики, 2015
Subject of study. A vector model for conversion of electromagnetic radiation in optical systems is considered, taking into account the influence of birefringence, as well as partially coherent illumination. Model.
E. A. Nikulina, V. A. Zverev
doaj   +1 more source

Biomass DNA: An Emerging Building Block for Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Biomass DNA is rapidly emerging from its traditional role as a genetic blueprint to serve as a versatile abundant, highly programmable polymeric building block. This review highlights the transformation of macroscopic bulk biomass DNA into next generation of functional materials, spanning from dynamic hydrogels, sustainable bioplastics, and high ...
Yuwei Hu, Itamar Willner, Li Niu
wiley   +1 more source