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 have developed methods for evaluating the position of a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device in terms of phase and/or amplitude characteristics.
High quality factor ("high-Q") photonic technology has revolutionized information processing, communications, sensing and nonlinear optics. Researchers in the Dionne Group at Stanford have developed a scheme to generate, for the first time, high-Q phase gradient metasurfaces.
Stanford researchers have developed an optical coating that steers infrared and visual light in different paths while suppressing the typical undesired rainbow effect.
Stanford researchers have invented a C-Aperture Nano-Tip which provides a new way to further enhance the optical resolution down to smaller than 15 nm.
Stanford researchers patented a method to design, computationally optimize and fabricate efficient optical devices using semiconducting and dielectric nanostructures.
This patented invention is an internet-based laboratory data management system that can be used to create protocols, collect and organize data, archive long-term records, and facilitate scientific collaboration among researchers.