http://www.materialsviews.com Photonics MaterialsViews Rss Feed http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1452335/Silky-smooth_holograms.html A tale of holography, spun from the Bombyx mori silkworm 2012-01-30T08:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1437933/Giant_optical_gain_in_rare-earth-ion-doped_amplifiers.html Scientists at the University of Twente have developed high performance rare-earth-ion-doped optical fiber amplifiers. 2012-01-09T16:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1419793/Spurring_photonic_chip_complexity.html A generic foundry concept as well as new technical approaches, such as InP membrane based circuits offering higher complexity, will pave the way for better market adoption of photonic integrated circuits. 2011-12-15T06:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1385007/Bending_light_polymer_composites_with_tunable_index_of_refraction.html Controlling the propagation of light with precision and ease of processing is made possible with polymer hybrids of organic/inorganic materials. 2011-11-04T06:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1383513/Nonlinear_optics_in_spheres.html  Recent research reaches from micrometer-size spheres to whispering gallery mode resonators and has enabled second harmonic light generation from a very small number of molecules. 2011-11-03T02:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1317613/On_the_way_to_single_quantum_dot_nanolasers.html Pioneering experiments have shown that a single quantum dot emitter can drive a nanocavity system into stimulated emission. 2011-08-24T02:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1291093/By_the_Pricking_of_My_Thumbs_Photonic_Crystals_in_Environmental_Sensing.html Researchers report the development of a colorimetric humidity sensor using photonic crystals 2011-08-05T16:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1246159/Nickel_for_Visible-Light_Nanoantennas.html A new study investigates the plasmonic properties of nickel nanostructures and their suitability for use as magnetically controlled optical antennas. 2011-07-11T12:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1083681/Simulating_and_modelling_nanophotonics.html There is a tool for the efficient numerical treatment of nanophotonic systems: The recently developed discontinuous Galerkin finite element method combines the accuracy and flexiblity of classical finite elements with efficient time stepping capabilities 2011-06-21T08:00:00Z http://www.materialsviews.com/details/news/1083661/Tiny_beads_as_whispering_galleries_Optical_resonance_in_action.html Glass microsphere resonators that support optical resonances known as whispering-gallery modes are unique tools for studying and exploiting optical effects 2011-06-17T02:00:00Z