Mid- and far-infrared birefringent crystals are key functional materials for polarization control, laser technologies, and ...

Copper-oxide (CuO 2) superconductors, such as Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+δ (Bi2212), have unusually high critical temperatures.

The material the team studied, barium titanium sulfide (BaTiS 3), a hexagonal crystal, was already known to have large optical anisotropy, but scientists couldn't figure out why. It took years of back ...

Mott insulators, governed by strong correlations, exhibit exceptional nonlinear optics. Guided by first-principles, ...

In general, when you measure material properties such as optical permittivity, your measurement doesn’t depend on the direction in which you make it. However, recent research has shown that this is ...

Superconductors are materials which conduct electricity without any resistance when cooled down below a critical temperature. These materials have transformative applications in various fields, ...

Nonlinear optical crystals are at the forefront of advanced photonic technologies, enabling efficient frequency conversion and modulation of light by utilising intense electric fields to alter their ...

The study of polymer fibres has increasingly benefited from the confluence of optical and mechanical characterisation techniques, which are pivotal in understanding both the microstructural and ...

Nanoscale maze-like magnetic patterns form reliably across strained substrates, removing a key bottleneck for faster, more efficient data-center optical links. (Nanowerk News) A collaborative team has ...