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Towards a novel "silky" way to detect chemical species using spider threads

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Nonlinear Integrated Photonics for Ranging Applications

Integrated silicon photonic MEMS

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Photonic assembly tunable via the pockels effect and method for use in frequency-modulated lidar

Thermally Drawn Elastomer Nanocomposites for Soft Mechanical Sensors

Chaotic microcomb-based parallel ranging

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing with integrated photonic crystal optical tweezers

Single-frequency violet and blue laser emission from AlGaInN photonic integrated circuit chips

Linear and nonlinear applications of miniaturized silicon nitride microresonators

Modelling of metal alloys in realistic conditions with machine learning

Voltage-tunable optical parametric oscillator with an alternating dispersion dimer integrated on a chip

Dendrimer-Based Coatings on a Photonic Crystal Surface for Ultra-Sensitive Small Molecule Detection

Crossing of the Branch Cut: The Topological Origin of a Universal 2 pi-Phase Retardation in Non-Hermitian Metasurfaces