Detectors & Imaging

Credit: Haoran Ren
Mosaic pattern artwork that inspired this work.
A controlled chaotic metasurface design approach assigns different groups of metapixels each a distinct function. By distributing them across the surface in a disordered mosaic...
April 15, 2026
Credit: E. Joseph et al., Adv. Mater. Technol., 11, 2, e01461 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202501461
Design of BIOPIX polymer pixel arrays. a) Left: A schematic of the BIOPIX device architecture featuring a 2 × 2 polymer pixel array. Right: A photograph of a 2 × 2 BIOPIX device. b) Left: Schematic of the BIOPIX device architecture with a 4×4 polymer pixel array. Right: Photograph of a 4 × 4 BIOPIX device.
April 14, 2026
Credit: Pacific Optica
A moment of focus in the Smith Lab: perfecting a prototype SAM-integrated multiphoton imaging system for the next leap in imaging technology.
April 3, 2026
System-level optimization in AR glasses requires balancing optical performance, power consumption, and form factor across integrated display and waveguide architectures.
April 1, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
March 17, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
March 3, 2026
Credit: Chalker Lab
Flinders researchers Dr. Sam Tonkin and Dr. Harshal Patel demonstrate a long-wave IR thermal imaging camera operating with the Flinders polymer lens.
Feb. 26, 2026
Credit: Sheetak
FIGURE 1. Operating principle of a thermoelectric cooler based on the Peltier effect: When current flows through the semiconductor elements between ceramic substrates, heat is absorbed at the cold side and rejected at the hot side to create a controlled temperature differential across the device.
Feb. 25, 2026
Credit: Lingjie Kong
Diagram of CLAOP deciphering a functional column.
Feb. 12, 2026

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