In Japan, Hiroshi Fudouzi at the National Institute for Materials Science in Tsukuba, is using changes in the colour of photonic crystal films to detect changes in mechanical stress. Consisting of ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Sciences; DOI   10.29026/oes.2025.240032 , discusses integrated photonic polarizers ...

Famous for its use in clothing since early times, silk is now finding a new application as a useful biocompatible material in photonic devices. Thin films ... of photonic-crystal-like devices ...