Building integrated-photonic circuits into a new generation of technology requires expanding our view of light guiding to a broad range of optics that transport and manipulate ...

Planar waveguide circuits (PWCs) also referred to as planar lightwave circuits (PLCs), incorporate numerous active and passive functional uses for packaged modules.

In addition to transmitting light over long distances, optical waveguides provide convenient ways of enhancing the interaction of light with matter and manipulating the properties of the guided light.

Researchers demonstrate a new way to make silk-based optical waveguides that are biocompatible, biodegradable and readily functionalized with active molecules. This opens up opportunities in ...

Polymer waveguides show promise for reliable, high-capacity optical communication by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

New optical sensor using differential guided-mode resonance achieves record sensitivity and portability, enabling real-time ...

Holographic photopolymers can be cast onto and around other optical elements, then patterned with a 3D routed waveguide to form hybrid integrated photonics. While multi-photon initiation can be used ...

Engineers have developed the thinnest optical device in the world -- a waveguide that is three layers of atoms thin. The work is a proof of concept for scaling down optical devices to sizes that ...

For AR applications, the company has developed a family of planar diffractive waveguides characterized by their thinness, wide field of view, and exceptional optical performance.

A lengthy on-chip optical waveguide, whose effective length is precisely tuned by an on-board heater, is a key function in a miniature optical-coherence-tomography instrument. The drive to shrink ...