Waveguides are structures designed to direct and control the propagation of electromagnetic waves from one point to another. They play a crucial role in various fields, including telecommunications, ...

Vuzix, the US-based producer of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, says that its new optical waveguide manufacturing facility is up and running, with devices now being sampled. Located adjacent to ...

Chalcogenide waveguide nonlinear optics exploits the exceptionally high refractive index and Kerr nonlinearity of amorphous glasses composed of sulphur, selenium or tellurium compounds to confine ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix (VUZI)" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of smart glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and ...

Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics. These engineered materials offer precise control over lights behavior, but ...

Comprised of judiciously engineered microscopic photonic structures with subwavelength features, the concept of metasurface and metamaterials have proven fruitful results in the realm of meta-optics.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The concepts of metamaterials and metasurfaces have spawned massive novel applications in free-space optics. However, recent research also indicates that they possess prominent ...

DigiLens, a maker of waveguide optics for AR glasses, today announced a second close of its Series D funding round, claiming a $530 million valuation. DigiLens is one of several companies building ...

Applied Materials (AMAT) and EssilorLuxottica (ESLOF) on Tuesday said they have entered a long-term joint development ...

Interferometers, devices that can modulate aspects of light, play the important role of modulating and switching light signals in fiber-optic communications networks and are frequently used for gas ...

Extended reality (XR) optics and glasses developer DigiLens has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) consortium to advance waveguides and head-up display ...