Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01838-3
Malte C. Kaluza
A Hydrogen plasma that is generated with controllable density distribution can act as a lens to tightly focus extreme-ultraviolet attosecond pulses.
一种密度分布可控的氢等离子体可以作为透镜紧密聚焦极紫外阿秒脉冲。
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Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1038/s41566-025-01834-7
Yun-Ru Fan, Qiang Zhou
Mode mixing and mapping with a piece of multimode optical fibre and spatial light modulators creates a bridge between two isolated quantum networks, linking distant nodes with quantum connectivity.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1038/s41377-025-02143-y
Chang-Ki Moon, Matthias König, Ranjini Sircar, Julian F Butscher, Ronald Alle, Klaus Meerholz, Stefan R Pulver, Malte C Gather
Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) produces light through electrochemical reactions and has shown promise for various analytic applications in biomedicine. However, the use of ECL devices (ECLDs) as light sources has been limited due to insufficient light output and low operational stability. In this study, we present a high-power pulsed operation strategy for ECLDs to address these limitations and demonstrate their effectiveness in optogenetic manipulation. By applying a biphasic voltage sequence with short opposing phases, we achieve intense and efficient ECL through an exciplex-formation reaction pathway. This approach results in an exceptionally high optical power density, exceeding 100 μW mm-², for several thousand pulses. Balancing the ion concentration by optimizing the voltage waveform further improves device stability. By incorporating multiple optimized pulses into a pulse train separated by short rest periods, extended light pulses of high brightness and with minimal power loss over time were obtained. These strategies were leveraged to elicit a robust optogenetic response in fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) larvae expressing the optogenetic effector CsChrimson. The semi-transparent nature of ECLDs facilitates simultaneous imaging of larval behaviour from underneath, through the device. These findings highlight the potential of ECLDs as versatile optical tools in biomedical and neurophotonics research.
{"title":"High-power pulsed electrochemiluminescence for optogenetic manipulation of Drosophila larval behaviour.","authors":"Chang-Ki Moon, Matthias König, Ranjini Sircar, Julian F Butscher, Ronald Alle, Klaus Meerholz, Stefan R Pulver, Malte C Gather","doi":"10.1038/s41377-025-02143-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-02143-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) produces light through electrochemical reactions and has shown promise for various analytic applications in biomedicine. However, the use of ECL devices (ECLDs) as light sources has been limited due to insufficient light output and low operational stability. In this study, we present a high-power pulsed operation strategy for ECLDs to address these limitations and demonstrate their effectiveness in optogenetic manipulation. By applying a biphasic voltage sequence with short opposing phases, we achieve intense and efficient ECL through an exciplex-formation reaction pathway. This approach results in an exceptionally high optical power density, exceeding 100 μW mm<sup>-</sup>², for several thousand pulses. Balancing the ion concentration by optimizing the voltage waveform further improves device stability. By incorporating multiple optimized pulses into a pulse train separated by short rest periods, extended light pulses of high brightness and with minimal power loss over time were obtained. These strategies were leveraged to elicit a robust optogenetic response in fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) larvae expressing the optogenetic effector CsChrimson. The semi-transparent nature of ECLDs facilitates simultaneous imaging of larval behaviour from underneath, through the device. These findings highlight the potential of ECLDs as versatile optical tools in biomedical and neurophotonics research.</p>","PeriodicalId":18093,"journal":{"name":"Light, science & applications","volume":"15 1","pages":"104"},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146119365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Based on the advection flow combustion platform, this study conducted laser ignition experiments on NH3/H2/Air premixed gases under different equivalence ratios (ϕ) and hydrogen blending ratios (α) with the velocity of 1 m/s, analyzing key results such as minimum ignition energy (MIE), flame development area, flame front velocity, and flame centroid. To enhance the optical relevance of this study, a precisely controlled Q-switched Nd:YAG laser system and high-speed optical diagnostics were employed to characterize the ignition process and intrinsic flame luminosity. The results demonstrate that increasing the α effectively reduces MIE, with this effect being more pronounced in lean mixtures. As the α increases, the ϕ corresponding to the minimum MIE shifts toward leaner conditions. Richer mixtures with higher hydrogen blending ratios significantly accelerate flame development, resulting in greater maximum flame areas and flame front velocities. However, excessively high hydrogen blending ratios can induce flame oscillation, altering the flow state in the combustion chamber and causing random variations in combustion parameters. This study further reveals, through optical measurements, that these oscillations are accompanied by fluctuations in flame morphology and luminous intensity, indicating a coupling between optical emission characteristics and unsteady combustion. The formation and development of the third-lobe flame kernel during laser ignition influence the initial trend of the flame centroid and hydrogen blending effectively mitigates the upward movement of ammonia flames, particularly in lean mixtures, although this improvement diminishes as the α continues to increase in this platform. Changes in MIE, flame front velocity, and flame centroid indicate that the benefits of hydrogen addition are more pronounced in leaner mixtures, to ensure both stable laser ignition and efficient combustion, this study recommends limiting the hydrogen blending ratio in advective NH3/H2/Air mixtures to no more than 10 % in advective flow combustion platform.
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Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1088/2058-9565/ae3b70
Dario De Santis, Salvatore Tirone, Stefano Marmi and Vittorio Giovannetti
Quantum computers have strict requirements for the problems that they can efficiently solve. One of the principal limiting factor for the performances of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices is the number of qubits required by the running algorithm. Several combinatorial optimization problems can be solved with NISQ devices once that a corresponding quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) form is derived. Numerous techniques have been proposed to achieve such reformulations and, depending on the method chosen, the number of binary variables required, and therefore of qubits, can vary considerably. The aim of this work is to drastically reduce the variables needed for these QUBO reformulations in order to unlock the possibility to efficiently obtain optimal solutions for a class of optimization problems with NISQ devices. This goal is achieved by introducing novel tools that allow an efficient use of slack variables, even for problems with non-linear constraints, without the need to approximate the starting problem. We divide our new techniques in two independent parts, called the iterative quadratic polynomial and the master-satellite methods. Hence, we show how to apply our techniques in case of an NP-hard optimization problem inspired by a real-world financial scenario called Max-Profit Balance Settlement. We follow by submitting several instances of this problem to two D-wave quantum annealers, comparing the performances of our novel approach with the standard methods used in these scenarios. Moreover, this study allows to appreciate several performance differences between the D-wave Advantage and next-generation Advantage2 quantum annealers. We show that the adoption of our techniques in this context allows to obtain QUBO formulations with significantly fewer slack variables, i.e. around 90% less, and D-wave annealers provide considerably higher correct solution rates, which moreover do not decrease with the input size as fast as when adopting standard techniques.
{"title":"Optimized QUBO formulation methods for quantum computing","authors":"Dario De Santis, Salvatore Tirone, Stefano Marmi and Vittorio Giovannetti","doi":"10.1088/2058-9565/ae3b70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ae3b70","url":null,"abstract":"Quantum computers have strict requirements for the problems that they can efficiently solve. One of the principal limiting factor for the performances of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices is the number of qubits required by the running algorithm. Several combinatorial optimization problems can be solved with NISQ devices once that a corresponding quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) form is derived. Numerous techniques have been proposed to achieve such reformulations and, depending on the method chosen, the number of binary variables required, and therefore of qubits, can vary considerably. The aim of this work is to drastically reduce the variables needed for these QUBO reformulations in order to unlock the possibility to efficiently obtain optimal solutions for a class of optimization problems with NISQ devices. This goal is achieved by introducing novel tools that allow an efficient use of slack variables, even for problems with non-linear constraints, without the need to approximate the starting problem. We divide our new techniques in two independent parts, called the iterative quadratic polynomial and the master-satellite methods. Hence, we show how to apply our techniques in case of an NP-hard optimization problem inspired by a real-world financial scenario called Max-Profit Balance Settlement. We follow by submitting several instances of this problem to two D-wave quantum annealers, comparing the performances of our novel approach with the standard methods used in these scenarios. Moreover, this study allows to appreciate several performance differences between the D-wave Advantage and next-generation Advantage2 quantum annealers. We show that the adoption of our techniques in this context allows to obtain QUBO formulations with significantly fewer slack variables, i.e. around 90% less, and D-wave annealers provide considerably higher correct solution rates, which moreover do not decrease with the input size as fast as when adopting standard techniques.","PeriodicalId":20821,"journal":{"name":"Quantum Science and Technology","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146115594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01950
Jing Li, Qingzhang You, Wenjing Bo, Menglei Li, Xi Liang, Lisheng Zhang, Longkun Yang, Ze Li, Duan Zhang, Yan Fang, Peter Nordlander, Peijie Wang
Strong coupling (SC) between plasmonic nanocavities and excitons in two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) has promoted fundamental studies in quantum electrodynamics and applications in photonic quantum technologies. Although previous SC research with 2D-TMD predominantly characterized cavity polaritons through scattering spectroscopy, the observation of the complete anticrossing behavior in photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy has been less frequently reported and is crucial for ascertaining the underlying physics. In this study, we robustly demonstrate an unambiguous SC between a single gold-nanorod cavity and monolayer WS2 excitons. This was achieved by observing complete upper and lower polariton branch emissions via both scattering and PL spectroscopy. The sharp tips of the plasmonic nanocavity of the nanorods give rise to a large single exciton coupling strength up to 14.9 meV. We estimate that the number of excitons in the strongly coupled entangled state range from 8.7 to 17.3. Correlated scattering and PL spectra measurements on a single coupled system confirm the presence of strong plasmon-exciton interactions. Further theoretical simulations using a coupled-oscillator model show excellent agreement with the measured scattering and PL spectral data, effectively capturing the energy separation and intensity ratio of the polaritonic peaks. The high yield of SC structures achieved presents an opportunity to explore their nonlinear, electrical, and quantum correlation properties, which may be sufficient for practical quantum optoelectronic devices.
{"title":"Robust Strong Coupling of Monolayer WS2 in Plasmonic Nanocavities via Scattering and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy","authors":"Jing Li, Qingzhang You, Wenjing Bo, Menglei Li, Xi Liang, Lisheng Zhang, Longkun Yang, Ze Li, Duan Zhang, Yan Fang, Peter Nordlander, Peijie Wang","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c01950","url":null,"abstract":"Strong coupling (SC) between plasmonic nanocavities and excitons in two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) has promoted fundamental studies in quantum electrodynamics and applications in photonic quantum technologies. Although previous SC research with 2D-TMD predominantly characterized cavity polaritons through scattering spectroscopy, the observation of the complete anticrossing behavior in photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy has been less frequently reported and is crucial for ascertaining the underlying physics. In this study, we robustly demonstrate an unambiguous SC between a single gold-nanorod cavity and monolayer WS<sub>2</sub> excitons. This was achieved by observing complete upper and lower polariton branch emissions via both scattering and PL spectroscopy. The sharp tips of the plasmonic nanocavity of the nanorods give rise to a large single exciton coupling strength up to 14.9 meV. We estimate that the number of excitons in the strongly coupled entangled state range from 8.7 to 17.3. Correlated scattering and PL spectra measurements on a single coupled system confirm the presence of strong plasmon-exciton interactions. Further theoretical simulations using a coupled-oscillator model show excellent agreement with the measured scattering and PL spectral data, effectively capturing the energy separation and intensity ratio of the polaritonic peaks. The high yield of SC structures achieved presents an opportunity to explore their nonlinear, electrical, and quantum correlation properties, which may be sufficient for practical quantum optoelectronic devices.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146116240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-02-05DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02757
Chi Hu, Guobin Sun, Yuyan Lu, Dacheng Jiang, Jin Zhang
Three-dimensional (3D) holographic display has emerged as the most promising approach for next-generation visualization technologies. However, the inherent limitations of spatial light modulators (SLMs) in terms of pixel size and resolution impose fundamental trade-off between field of view (FOV) and high image fidelity. Conventional approaches struggle to simultaneously enhance both metrics. In this work, we present an innovative and practical solution that effectively alleviates this trade-off by intelligently redistributing the SLM’s pixel budget via spatial multiplexing. By implementing spatially multiplexed hologram generation combined with an optimized optical layout and phase compensation, we demonstrate a reconfigurable 3D holographic system that achieves, for the first time with a single SLM, an 8 times magnification and a 42° viewing angle. While the resolution of each individual subhologram is limited by the SLM’s pixels, our system orchestrates them to effectively expand the overall system’s capabilities beyond what is achievable with conventional single-hologram setups. The proposed method simplifies the design complexity and alleviates issues related to high-cost components by jointly operating on the hologram design and the display device. This research provides a viable pathway toward high-performance 3D holographic displays with large size and wide viewing angles, with promising implications for high-information-content applications in biomedical imaging, virtual reality, and interactive electronics.
{"title":"Alleviating the Field of View and High Image Fidelity Trade-off in Holography: Multifunctional Tunable 3D Holographic Display","authors":"Chi Hu, Guobin Sun, Yuyan Lu, Dacheng Jiang, Jin Zhang","doi":"10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02757","url":null,"abstract":"Three-dimensional (3D) holographic display has emerged as the most promising approach for next-generation visualization technologies. However, the inherent limitations of spatial light modulators (SLMs) in terms of pixel size and resolution impose fundamental trade-off between field of view (FOV) and high image fidelity. Conventional approaches struggle to simultaneously enhance both metrics. In this work, we present an innovative and practical solution that effectively alleviates this trade-off by intelligently redistributing the SLM’s pixel budget via spatial multiplexing. By implementing spatially multiplexed hologram generation combined with an optimized optical layout and phase compensation, we demonstrate a reconfigurable 3D holographic system that achieves, for the first time with a single SLM, an 8 times magnification and a 42° viewing angle. While the resolution of each individual subhologram is limited by the SLM’s pixels, our system orchestrates them to effectively expand the overall system’s capabilities beyond what is achievable with conventional single-hologram setups. The proposed method simplifies the design complexity and alleviates issues related to high-cost components by jointly operating on the hologram design and the display device. This research provides a viable pathway toward high-performance 3D holographic displays with large size and wide viewing angles, with promising implications for high-information-content applications in biomedical imaging, virtual reality, and interactive electronics.","PeriodicalId":23,"journal":{"name":"ACS Photonics","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146115990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aaron D. Gilmour, Jameel Sardharwalla, Stuart T. Fraser, Xuege Feng, Sophia C. Franklin, Clara T. H. Tran, Marcela M. M. Bilek
The growth and study of living cells outside their native organisms forms the foundation of modern biology and underpin medicine. It has led to the identification of stem cells and the development of methods that can reprogram mature cells into pluripotent states, creating enormous potential for new therapies that can cure previously untreatable conditions and enable the repair of patient-specific tissues and organs. Accessing these advances, however, will require the development of sophisticated new cell culture materials and technologies. This Perspective article reviews the development of cell culture and current cell culture capabilities, with particular attention to the influence of spatial and temporal factors. We discuss traditional 2D culture, the complexities of 3D systems, and the emergence of 2.5D approaches as an alternative to high throughput 2D systems. Untapped potential and barriers to progress are identified while the new materials and technologies needed to drive the field forward are discussed.
{"title":"Plasma processes for the creation of customizable bio-instructive surfaces and interfaces","authors":"Aaron D. Gilmour, Jameel Sardharwalla, Stuart T. Fraser, Xuege Feng, Sophia C. Franklin, Clara T. H. Tran, Marcela M. M. Bilek","doi":"10.1063/5.0301610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0301610","url":null,"abstract":"The growth and study of living cells outside their native organisms forms the foundation of modern biology and underpin medicine. It has led to the identification of stem cells and the development of methods that can reprogram mature cells into pluripotent states, creating enormous potential for new therapies that can cure previously untreatable conditions and enable the repair of patient-specific tissues and organs. Accessing these advances, however, will require the development of sophisticated new cell culture materials and technologies. This Perspective article reviews the development of cell culture and current cell culture capabilities, with particular attention to the influence of spatial and temporal factors. We discuss traditional 2D culture, the complexities of 3D systems, and the emergence of 2.5D approaches as an alternative to high throughput 2D systems. Untapped potential and barriers to progress are identified while the new materials and technologies needed to drive the field forward are discussed.","PeriodicalId":8094,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics Letters","volume":"398 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146115620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Izzatjon Allayarov, Andrey B. Evlyukhin, Antonio Calà Lesina
Membrane metasurfaces, formed by periodic arrangements of holes in a dielectric layer, are gaining attention for their easier manufacturing via subtractive techniques, unnecessity of substrates, and access to resonant near fields. Despite their practical relevance, their theoretical description remains elusive. Here, we present a semi-analytical dipole-quadrupole model for the multipole analysis of numerically obtained reflection and transmission spectra in metasurfaces excited at arbitrary angles. Dipole models are generally sufficient to study traditional metasurfaces made of solid nanostructures. However, the inclusion of electric and magnetic quadrupoles is necessary to study membrane metasurfaces, which offer an ideal platform to showcase our method. We demonstrate the importance of choosing the optimal position of a symmetric membrane metasurface's unit cell to ensure the sufficiency of the dipole-quadrupole approximation. We show that our formalism can explain complex phenomena arising from inter-multipole interference, including lattice anapole and generalized Kerker effects, Fano resonances, and quasi-bound states in the continuum. We also present the applicability of the method to membrane metasurfaces with non-centrosymmetric unit cells (e.g., conical holes and surface voids). By enabling a deeper insight into the coupling mechanisms leading to the formation of local and collective resonances, our method expands the electromagnetics toolbox to study, understand, and design conventional and membrane metasurfaces.
{"title":"Dipole-Quadrupole Model and Multipole Analysis of Resonant Membrane Metasurfaces","authors":"Izzatjon Allayarov, Andrey B. Evlyukhin, Antonio Calà Lesina","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202502674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202502674","url":null,"abstract":"Membrane metasurfaces, formed by periodic arrangements of holes in a dielectric layer, are gaining attention for their easier manufacturing via subtractive techniques, unnecessity of substrates, and access to resonant near fields. Despite their practical relevance, their theoretical description remains elusive. Here, we present a semi-analytical dipole-quadrupole model for the multipole analysis of numerically obtained reflection and transmission spectra in metasurfaces excited at arbitrary angles. Dipole models are generally sufficient to study traditional metasurfaces made of solid nanostructures. However, the inclusion of electric and magnetic quadrupoles is necessary to study membrane metasurfaces, which offer an ideal platform to showcase our method. We demonstrate the importance of choosing the optimal position of a symmetric membrane metasurface's unit cell to ensure the sufficiency of the dipole-quadrupole approximation. We show that our formalism can explain complex phenomena arising from inter-multipole interference, including lattice anapole and generalized Kerker effects, Fano resonances, and quasi-bound states in the continuum. We also present the applicability of the method to membrane metasurfaces with non-centrosymmetric unit cells (e.g., conical holes and surface voids). By enabling a deeper insight into the coupling mechanisms leading to the formation of local and collective resonances, our method expands the electromagnetics toolbox to study, understand, and design conventional and membrane metasurfaces.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146115691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}