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ITMO Researchers Discover New Properties of Metasurfaces Thanks to Ultrashort Pulse Lasers

“A group of researchers from ITMO University, the Australian National University, and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) has for the first time demonstrated effective generation of higher harmonics in silicon metasurfaces. This result was achieved due to resonant states …

All About ITMO Researchers’ Latest Advances in Wireless Power Transfer

“Wireless power transfer technologies have been present on the market for several years now in the form of charging devices for smartphones and toothbrushes. But they are far from perfect: the capacities are lower than in analogous devices and the …

ITMO Researchers Create Light-Controlled Antenna for Fast and Secure 5G Data Transfer

“The new technology expands the coverage area even when the signal is weak by redirecting radiation from the base station to personal gadgets, drones, sensors, and other devices in the network. Compared to analogous devices, the new antenna is more …

Library-on-a-Chip: Scientists Record Data on Nanoscale Layers of Metal-Organic Frameworks for First Time

“With the rapid data growth comes the issue of its storage. Year after year, the volume of information increases by leaps and bounds while solid-state drivers remain the most common way to store digital files. However, even though hard drivers …

Fundamental Holography: ITMO Researchers Develop Method for Printing Holograms in Color

“Scientists from ITMO’s ChemBio Cluster developed a method for printing holograms in color in a project supported by the Russian Science Foundation. At the core of the method are volume Bragg gratings, special films with reflecting properties. The proposed …

Invisible Material: Researchers Model Metasurfaces in Hybrid Anapole Modes for the First Time

“Global trends are leaning towards miniaturization, minimalism, and portability – and that’s the case for research, too. These days, metasurfaces are gaining popularity as platforms for super-thin devices equal, or sometimes superior to, their “normal-sized” counterparts. This is achieved thanks …

ITMO Researchers Generate Laser Radiation in Anapole Modes

“ITMO University researchers in collaboration with scientists from the Australian National University and Korea University have demonstrated the generation of laser radiation in anapole states (modes) for the first time. In the future, this might help develop compact sources of …

ITMO Scientists Enhance Multiphoton Processes in Perovskite Metasurfaces

“Researchers placed a polymer on a thin perovskite film and, using lithography, created a metasurface consisting of prolonged parallelepipeds. In the future, this will help create highly efficient visualizers for infrared radiation. Multiphoton absorption and luminescence are important nonlinear processes …

ITMO Researchers Ramp Up X-Ray Laser Research Into Nano- and Biomaterials

“In 2019, a Russian federal program for the development of synchrotron and neutron-focused research was launched. The program will go on until 2027; in that time, new megascience-class projects, such as X-ray lasers, synchrotrons, and neutron generators, are expected to …

ITMO Researchers Increase Productivity Using Smart Lighting

“You can’t help but notice that your mood and productivity depend on lighting. Many researchers study this phenomenon and ITMO scientists are no exception. Researchers from the Cognitive Non-Verbality Laboratory of ITMO University’s National Center for Cognitive Research …