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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-w2026-07-23
Xichen Hu
Nature Photonics, Published online: 23 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01958-4 It has been proposed that coated plasma mirrors could spontaneously form a focusing structure that strengthens the reflected laser intensity to enhance the efficiency of inverse Compton scattering. Now it is demonstrated that the efficiency can reach 10−3 with photon energies extending to hundreds of megaelectronvolts at a laser power of 400 TW.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01958-42026-07-21
Lixuan Liu
Nature Photonics, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01966-4 Circularly polarized memory-computing organic light-emitting diodes integrate three-dimensional displays with memory and processing capabilities. Optimized devices achieve luminance of over 22,000 cd m−2, dissymmetry factor of 0.92 and energy consumption down to 1.78 pJ per spike, enabling neural radiance field greyscale three-dimensional scene reconstruction.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01966-42026-07-21
Yan-Hong Guo
Nature Photonics, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01955-7 Laser tagging in an optofluidic microcavity enables precise hydrogen concentration detection across a broad dynamic range. Using thermal phonon transfer and dynamic resonance tracking, this spectrometry method achieves high sensitivity, low noise and effective selectivity.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01955-72026-07-02
Giampaolo Pitruzzello
Nature Photonics, Published online: 02 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01953-9 Self-localization aids multiphoton imaging]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01953-92026-07-02
Yohan Lee
Nature Photonics, Published online: 02 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01942-y A new nanophotonic sensing strategy converts even subtle refractive-index changes into large intensity variations via radiative Q-factor modulation. Implemented in a bound-state-in-the-continuum (BIC) metasurface, the concept enables ultrasensitive and scalable biosensing of only a few tens of tumour extracellular vesicles within 15 minutes.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01942-y2026-07-02
Noriaki Horiuchi
Nature Photonics, Published online: 02 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01951-x A novel spectroscopic method using the interaction between light and matter via chirality was reported at the Japan Society of Applied Physics Spring Meeting.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01951-x2026-06-26
Andrew Longman
Nature Photonics, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01948-6 Researchers demonstrate the generation of helical intensity wavepackets at relativistic intensities, reaching peak values above 1.4 × 1018 W cm−2. Controlled spatiotemporal orbital angular momentum, in a geometry compatible with large-scale laser facilities, is realized.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01948-62026-06-24
Ross D. Jansen-van Vuuren
Nature Photonics, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01917-z This Review surveys recent advances in deuterated compounds for light-emitting devices, addressing the advantages of deuteration, its working mechanisms, and prospects for wider implementation.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01917-z2026-06-19
Huotian Zhang
Nature Photonics, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01946-8 The fill factor of organic solar cells is limited by field-dependent charge generation due to exciton/charge-transfer coupling. Modelling coupled with a new guest–host design enables prolonged exciton lifetime, simultaneously raising the fill factor and open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01946-82026-06-19
Likang Zhang
Nature Photonics, Published online: 19 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01944-w A four-user quantum spine-leaf network over up to 540-km fibre is demonstrated using a twin-field quantum key distribution protocol. It allows the full connections between any two user pairs and is operated at a 1.25 GHz clock rate with a secret key rate of 9.38 × 10−9 bit per pulse.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01944-w2026-06-17
Yifan Chen
Nature Photonics, Published online: 17 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01938-8 Inspired by Snell’s window effect, a new scanning light-field architecture enables glasses-free 3D display with a 150° viewing angle and nearly 480-pixel resolution.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01938-82026-06-05
Zhiyuan Wang
Nature Photonics, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01923-1 Ultrashort MeV electron pulses are found to induce a surprisingly strong modulation in the optical transmission of common semiconductors, enabling room-temperature detection of ionizing radiation with sub-10-ps timing precision. The findings could lead to next-generation medical imaging and radiation diagnostics.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01923-12026-06-05
Sarah Elghazoly
Nature Photonics, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01924-0 A carefully engineered nonlinear metasurface enables widely tunable, continuous-wave terahertz emission at room temperature, offering a compact and efficient route into a long-elusive spectral region.]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01924-02026-06-05
Jacopo Fregoni
Nature Photonics, Published online: 05 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01931-1 Opto-magnetic hands]]>
DOI: 10.1038/s41566-026-01931-12026-03-20
Taiki Ishiyama, Koki Ono, Hokuto Kawase, Tetsushi Takano, Reiji Asano, Ayaki Sunaga, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Minoru Tanaka, Yoshiro Takahashi
Nature Photonics, Published online: 20 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01857-8 Precision spectroscopy of an inner-shell orbital clock transition in Yb is developed. It reveals the transition moment, the intrinsic lifetime of the excited state and the interorbital Feshbach resonance. Isotope shifts with uncertainties below 10 Hz are also measured.
2026-03-19
Wan-Shan Shen, Li-Ming Xie, Wen-Long Fei, Xin Gu, Ye Wang, Hua-Hui Li, Wei-Zhi Liu, Yun-Jun Wang, Wen-Ming Su, Ya-Kun Wang, Liang-Sheng Liao
Nature Photonics, Published online: 19 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01878-3 Functionalization of ZnTeSe quantum dots via ordering arrangement and energy-level modulation enables deep-blue quantum dot light-emitting diodes with a peak external quantum efficiency of 23.6% and a half-lifetime exceeding 50,000 h at an initial luminance of 100 cd m−2.
2026-03-19
Yvan Klaver, Randy te Morsche, Roel A. Botter, Batoul Hashemi, Bruno L. Segat Frare, Akhileshwar Mishra, Kaixuan Ye, Hamidu M. Mbonde, Pooya Torab Ahmadi, Niloofar Majidian Taleghani, Evan Jonker, Redlef B. G. Braamhaar, Ponnambalam Ravi Selvaganapathy, Peter Mascher, Peter J. M. van der Slot, Jonathan D. B. Bradley, David Marpaung
Nature Photonics, Published online: 19 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41566-026-01873-8 Strong stimulated Brillouin scattering is incorporated in a standard silicon nitride platform via a tellurium oxide layer. The authors demonstrate applications including a silicon-nitride-based Brillouin amplifier (net optical gain, 5 dB), a compact intermodal stimulated Brillouin laser capable of high-purity radio-frequency signal generation (intrinsic linewidth, 7 Hz) and a widely tunable microwave photonic notch filter (ultranarrow linewidth, 2.2 MHz).