Active manipulation of light beams is required for a range of emerging optical technologies, including sensing, optical computing, virtual/augmented reality, dynamic holography, and computational imaging.
As part of a comprehensive optofluidic platform, researchers at Stanford have developed an integrated dynamic flat-optics system enabling microlens-free metasurface planar light-field displays.
As part of a comprehensive optofluidic platform, researchers at Stanford have developed an integrated dynamic flat-optics system that supports unprecedented compact configurations.
As part of a comprehensive optofluidic platform, researchers at Stanford have developed a new type of reflective display technology for achieving transparent displays, which allow users to receive visual information from the external world through the display at the same time.
Researchers at Stanford have developed a highly efficient (>90%) holographic beam steering method for obtaining distance information of objects nearby, with applications from autonomous vehicles to home appliances.
Researchers at Stanford have developed a tunable metasurface with high reflectance and large phase modulation for use as optical phase modulators or beam steering device (Lidar). Currently, the large size of beam steering devices is a critical problem.
Researchers at Stanford have developed a multi-wavelength laser with perpendicular polarization, which supports easy and independent measurement in various optical sensors for improved accuracy and speed.
Stanford researchers have developed a simple optical device for low-power, active light tuning. The device tunes the color of light across the visible spectrum and at select wavelengths by electrical biasing an array of micron sized pixels or nanowires.