2026-09-15
Thi Thuy Truong, Hai Truyen Dang, Nisha Vergineya S, Malte C. Gather, Jang Hyuk Kwon
The introduction of a layer of quantum dots reduces plasmonic losses in organic light-emitting diodes.
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-02001-22026-09-15
Dmitry Nechipurenko, Abhishek Gautam, Maxim R. Shcherbakov
The merits of photonic accelerators for artificial intelligence applications are discussed, with an emphasis on cloud versus edge systems.
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01987-z2026-09-14
Hao Yang, Yu Wang, Hongshi Li, Yuqiang Wu, Saisai Li, Xue Han, Di Wang, Zijin Ding, Yijia Han, Qiao Zheng, Letian Chen, Zhuowei Du, Thamraa Alshahrani, Cong Chen, Xiao-Ye Wang, Yuanzhi Jiang, Mingjian Yuan
A coordination-regulated chemical bath deposition method yields conformal nickel oxide layers for perovskite solar cells, enabling 27.35% certified cell efficiency, 23.42% module efficiency and durable operation.
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-02012-z2026-09-11
Charles St-Arnault, Charles Laperle, Derek M. Kita, Christian Reimer, David V. Plant
A thin-film lithium niobate integrated circulator with peak isolation up to 37 dB and a broad transmission bandwidth supports bidirectional transmission through single-mode fibre at 800G standard throughput.
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-02008-92026-09-11
Jongheon Lee, Huizhong Ren, Yuzhou G. N. Liu, Murat Yessenov, Yunxuan Wei, Byungchan Huh, Andreas E. Vasdekis, Demetrios N. Christodoulides, Ayman F. Abouraddy, Mercedeh Khajavikhan
An integrated semiconductor laser array can directly generate incoherent space–time wave packets with propagation-invariant and self-healing characteristics.
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-02003-02026-09-10
Hongbin Chen, Jianrong Guo, Kangqiao Ma, Xiaohe Miao, Siqi Liu, Binting Huang, Taylor Jade Self, Kumar Vinod, Omar A. M. Abdelraouf, Guankui Long, Tengfei He, Lingxian Meng, Yuanyuan Zhang, Chaobin He
An organic polymer with a large refractive index and excellent transparency in the infrared regime could bring new opportunities for imaging.
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-02000-32026-08-28
Masaki Kando
One approach to generate high-energy X-rays and γ-rays is inverse Compton scattering, where a high-energy electron beam collides with an intense laser pulse. However, this process is notoriously difficult because the electron and laser beams must be precisely aligned in space and time. Now, a coated plasma mirror is shown to dramatically increase the efficiency and energy of the generation.
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01993-12026-08-28
Giampaolo Pitruzzello
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01998-w