Researchers at Stanford have developed a new type of light source for spectroscopy applications, making it smaller and more energy efficient. Furthermore, this application allows a broad range of wavelengths without the interference from a pump laser.
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.
Researchers at Stanford are developing a device that uses quantum engineered states and interactions to detect electromagnetic waves with a sensitivity and bandwidth beyond that possible with existing technology.
Stanford researchers in the Vuckovic group have developed an optical phased array (OPA) for solid-state beam-steering in optical systems such as LIDAR, projectors, and microscopy.
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.
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.
Stanford researchers designed and built a light sheet microscope that can be used for deconvolution-free, high resolution volumetric imaging of cleared tissue specimens.
Researchers at Stanford have developed methods for evaluating the position of a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device in terms of phase and/or amplitude characteristics.
Researchers at Stanford are advancing a new class of nonlinear optical devices that operate with significantly lower energy requirements than previous platforms.
Researchers in the Dionne group at Stanford have designed a nanoscale laser capable of self-isolated Raman Lasing, where lasing and isolation occurs within the same pumping mechanism.
The Dionne lab has developed ultrathin and compact devices for electrically driven beamsteering that fit on a semiconductor chip. These devices rely on resonant dielectric nanostructured surfaces known as "high quality factor" (high-Q) metasurfaces.