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A Bright Future for Planar Metamaterials, Optics & Photonics News, June 2913.
'Metasurfaces' to usher in new optical technologies:
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- 'Nanoantennas' Show Promise in Optical Innovations, ScienceDaily.com, December 26, 2011
- 'Plasmonic nanoantennas' show promise in optical innovations, Phys.org, December 22, 2011
- Researchers Modify Properties of Light Using Plasmonic Nanoantenna Arrays, azonano.com, December 23, 2011
- 'Nanoantennas' show promise in optical innovations, Purdue University News Service, December 22, 2011
- ‘Plasmonic Nanoantennas’ Promising for Optics, Photonics.com, January 3, 2012
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- New findings promising for 'transformation optics', cloaking, Purdue News Service, August 4, 2010;
also bio-medicine.org
- 'Transformation Optics' May Yield Invisbility, science-n-technology-updates.blogspot.com, August 2010.
- Light-amplifying resin boosts invisibility cloaks, New Scientist, August 5, 2010.
- Fluorescent dye boosts metamaterial performance, Physics World, August 5, 2010.
- New Metamaterials for Optical Applications, The A to Z of Nanotechnology, August 5, 2010.
- Invisibility Cloak Advance: New Findings Promissing for "Transformation Optics", Science Daily, August 5, 2010.
- Invisibility cloak possible thanks to metamaterial, Nano Magazine, August 2010.
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Media response to our paper Experimental observation of the trapped rainbow. The paper initiated a lively discussion on the Web with hundreds of postings. It can be followed by googling "rainbow trapped for the first time". Some of the postings are cited below:
- A rainbow has been trapped (in Russian), kp.ru, January 19, 2010.
- Rainbow trapped for the first time, WordPress.com, December 1, 2009.
- Rainbow trapped for the first time, NewScientist.com, 26 November 2009. New Scientist qualified the "trapped rainbow" report as one of the "Top 10 physics stories of 2009"
- La luz de un arco iris atrapada en el aire entre dos películas de oro nanométricas, naukas.com, November 25, 2009.
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Media response to our collaborative (with Norfolk State and Cornell Universities) demonstration of spaser-based nanolaser:
- Nanolasers Sneak Past Diffraction Limits, by Yvonne Carts-Powell, Optics and Photonics News, October 2009.
- Birth of the nanolaser, Nature Photonics, October 2009.
- The Spaser Nanolaser, IEEE Spectrum, October 2009.
- Demonstration of a spaser-based nanolaser, NanoTechBIZZ.com, 16 August 2009.
- Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers and Technologies, RedOrbit.com, 17 August 2009.
- Nanolaser key to future optical computers, RDMag.com, 17 August 2009.
- New nanolaser key to future optical computers and technologies, Purdue News, 17 August 2009.
- New Spaser-Based Nanolaser for Future Optical Technologies, technology.am, 17 August 2009.
- The Smallest Laser Ever Made, TechnologyReview.com, 17 August 2009.
- World's tiniest laser paves way for optical computing, TGDaily.com, 17 August 2009.
- World's Smallest Laser, The Spaser, Unveiled, MedGadget.com, 17 August 2009.
- World Smallest Laser : 44 Nanometer Diameter Spaser, NextBigFuture.com, 16 August 2009.
- Spaser development enables laser/chip integration, EETimes.com, 17 August 2009.
- New nanolaser produced, The Hindu, 17 August 2009.
- Wicked tiny laser could radically alter computers, sensors, imaging, NetworkWorld.com, 17 August 2009.
- 'Spaser' Nanolaser Realized, photonics.com, 17 August 2009.
- 'Spaser' team's work could enable smallest-ever laser, SPIE News, 17 August 2009.
- Researchers herald optical-computing breakthrough, PCPro.co.uk, 18 August 2009.
- World's smallest laser unveiled, Nature News, 18 August 2009.
- Tiniest Nanolaser Key to Future Optical Computers , ScientificComputing.com, 18 August 2009.
- Cornell quantum dots make world's tiniest nanolaser, LaserFocusWorld.com, 18 August 2009.
- World’s Smallest Laser Announced, MedTechInsider.com, 18 August 2009.
- Thinnest nanolaser promises super computers, GizmoWatch.com, 18 August 2009.
- The Smallest Laser Ever Made, NILT Nano Newsletter, August 2009.
- Tiniest Laser Developed -- Confirming Spaser Concept , 2physics.com, August 22, 2009.
- Scientists build the smallest laser ever using a hybrid nanoparticle, Nature, 460, 1056, 27 August 2009.
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Media response to our work on broadband optical cloaking:
- Large Broadband Invisibility Cloak for Visible Light, 2physics, June 6, 2009.
- Cloaking Made Simpler, but Invisible Humans Not Yet a Reality, Scientific American, May 28, 2009.
- Cloak Has Tapered Waveguide, photonics.com, May 20, 2009.
- Invisibility Just got Easier with Tapered Waveguide Technology, azom.com (A to Z of Materials), May 21, 2009.
- Tapered waveguide makes invisibility cloaks more realistic and simple, gizmowatch.com, May 21, 2009.
- New 'Broadband' Cloaking Technology Is Easy To Manufacture, redorbit.com, May 21, 2009.
- New type of invisibility device casts a wider cloak, rdmag.com, May 21, 2009.
- Bigger, better invisibility cloak appears, techradar.com, May 21, 2009.
- Simpler Optical Invisibility Developed, nextbigfuture.com, May 21, 2009.
- Scientists unveil simpler-to-manufacture 'broadband' cloaking technology :
- news.yahoo.com, May 21, 2009.
- dailyindia.com, May 21, 2009.
- bignewsnetwork.com, May 21, 2009.
- China National News, May 21, 2009.
- Malasia Sun, May 21, 2009.
- New 'broadband' cloaking technology simple to manufacture:
- nanotech-now.com, May 20, 2009.
- physorg.com, May 20, 2009.
- insciences.org, May 20, 2009.
- nanovip.com, May 21, 2009.
- sciencedaily.com, May 21, 2009.
- sciencecentric.com , May 21, 2009.
- supercomputingonline.com, May 20, 2009.
- Physics News, May 21, 2009.
- Purdue News, May 21, 2009.
- Simplified Cloaking Tech Can Cloak Bigger Objects, insidetech.com, May 21, 2009.
- Experts Create New Class of Cloaking Devices, Softpedia, May 21, 2009.
- Scientists Simplify Cloaking Tech, Can Cloak Bigger Objects, Daily Tech, May 21, 2009.
- Invisibility cloaks spread out, EE Times, May 22, 2009.
- ‘Star Trek’ Style Invisibility Cloaking A Step Closer, x-journals.com, May 22, 2009.
- Invisibility cup, Nature Photonics, April 2007.
- Engineers create 'optical cloaking' design for invisibility, Nanotechnology Now, April 2, 2007; see also:
- It's Cloaking But Not As We Know It, gadgetspy.co.uk, April 3, 2007.
- 'Optical Cloaking' Design Created for Invisibility, photonics.com, April 3, 2007.
- Engineers Bring 'Invisibility' One Step Closer to Reality, redorbit.com, April 2, 2007; Digg/news
- Technology research: Cloaking device could render objects invisible, tgdaily.com, April 2, 2007.
- Purdue research reveals scientific keys to possible invisibility, optical cloaks, purdueexponent.org, April 3, 2007.
- Nanotechnology bringing Potter's invisibility cloak closer to reality, Yahoo! News, April 3, 2007; see also:
- Nanotechnology optical cloaking design for invisibility, Nanowerk, April 2, 2007.
- Theoretical cloaking device is created, United Press International, April 3, 2007; see also:
- Boffins show off invisibility cloaking research, pcauthority.com.au, April 4, 2007.
- Harry Potter and science mix, news.com.au, April 7, 2007.
- Invisibility Cloak Step Closer To Reality, newswire.co.nz, April 6, 2007.
- Nanotech researchers report advances, EE Times, April 6, 2007.
- Another Star Trek 'invention' from Purdue, Network World, April 5, 2007.
- Optical cloaking… we’re almost there (sort of), Mysterious Unverse, April 2007.
- Theoretical design bends light around object - One step toward creating
an "optical cloaking" device, What's Next In Science & Technology, April 3, 2007.
- Scientists From Purdue University Developed Cloaking Device, HT Lounge, April 3, 2007.
- Invisibility is now one step closer, InfoNIAC, April 2, 2007.
- Optical technology could render cars, aircraft or your mother-in-law invisible, Network World, April 3, 2007.
- Harry Potter's invisibility cloak is in our grasp: scientists, thewest.com.au, April 6, 2007.
- Scientists spot invisibility cloak on horizon, Daily News & Analysis, April 7, 2007.
- A real invisibility cloak in the offing, The Hindu Business Line, April 7, 2007.
- How to Make an Object Invisible, Technology Review, April 11, 2007.
- Discovery of invisibility (in Russian), Washington ProFile, April 12, 2007.
- Yet another Russian Scientist has found a way to render
objects invisible (in Russian), newsru.com, April 12, 2007.
- A technology of optical invisibility has been developed (in Russian), Daily Digital Digest, April 12, 2007.
- Potter's magic wearing thin, The Daily Telegraph, April 17, 2007.
- Scientists close to Potter-style 'invisibility cloak', ABC News, April 6, 2007.
- "Optical Cloaking" For Invisibility, Iran Daily, April 5, 2007.
- Cloaking device makes colour red invisible, Discovery Channel, April 4, 2007.
- Clock ticking away for 'cloak of invisibility', The Hindu, April 29, 2007.
- Scientists created "invisibility hat" (in Russian)
, Moskovskij Komsomolets, April 24, 2007.
- Scientists are seeking ultimate vanishing act, The Star-Ledger, May 15, 2007.
- Light Fantastic: Flirting With Invisibility, The New York Times, June 12, 2007.
- Physicists thought up an "invisibility hat" (in Russian), Echo of the planet, No. 18-19, May 2007.
- Nano-Materialien sollen unsichtbar machen, GEO Magazin, No. 6, 2007.
- Their Deepest, Darkest Discovery, Washington Post, February 20, 2008.
- Harry Potter invisibility cloak a step closer to reality, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2008.
- Disappearing act: The invisibility cloak that will be ready in five years, Daily Mail, Oct 17, 2008.
Media response to our work in the field of transformation optics:
- Transformation Optics May Usher in a Host of Radical Advances, The A to Z of Nanotechnology, 2008.
- New Transformation Optics to Harness Nanotechnology to Radically Advance Optical Technologies, The A to Z of Materials, 2008.
- Transformation Optics as an Industrial Revolution, softpedia.com, 2008.
- New research field promises radical advances in optical technologies, eScienceNews.com, Oct 16, 2008.
- Science of invisibility's giant leap forward, The Toronto Star, Oct 25, 2008.
- An ‘invisibility cloak’ for tsunamis?, msnbc.com, Oct. 26, 2008.
- Invisibility Cloak And Ultra-powerful Microscopes: New Research Field Promises Radical Advances In Optical Technologies, Science Daily, Oct 17, 2008.
- An invisible cloak may be 5 years away using transformation optics, IDTechEx.com, Oct 21, 2008.
- Technology Toward Greater Transparency, The Daily Free Press, Feb. 10, 2009.
- The Object disappeared (in Russian), Expert Online, July 17, 2006.
- Physics And Progress, Physics News Update, March 16, 2007.
- Double-negative metamaterial edges towards the visible, physicsworld.com, March 16, 2007.
- Metamaterials have approached optical domain (in Russian), Elements, March 20, 2007.
- Nature Photonics - Cover Story, Nature Photonics, April, 2007.
- Into the red, Nature Photonics, April, 2007.
- Metamaterials Veer Toward the Visible, Optics and Photonics News, 18, 8-9, 2007.
- Purdue researchers develop material for better optics, communications, Military
and Aerospace Electronics, January 2006.
- Meta-material promises better optics and communications, Medical Design, April 1 2006.
- Out of Sight: Physicists get serious about invisibility shields (the Nanorod
metamaterial developed at our Lab is referred to on p.6), Science News Online, July 15, 2006.
- Surface plasmons: Enhanced nanoplasmonics, Nature Photonics.
- Photonic Frontiers: Metamaterials , Laser Focus World, July 1, 2006.
- All-optical modulator is capable of terahertz speeds, Laser Focus World, November 2006.
- Negative refraction goes optical, Physics Web, April 20, 2005.
- Nanorods could lead to 'superlenses', Nanotech Web, April 21, 2005.
- Obtaining Negative Refraction At Optical Wavelengths, High-Tech Materials Alert, May 6, 2005.
- Eine Superlinse erweitert die Möglichkeiten der Optik Rasche Fortschritte
bei Materialien mit negativem Brechungsindex, NZZ Online, May 18, 2005 .
- Research and Development of Left-Handed Materials Continues, Photonics Spectra, October 3, 2005.
- First Negative-Index Refraction in the Near-Infrared, Physics News Update, November 30, 2005.
- Infrared Light Can Now Have Negative Refraction Index (in Russian), Elements, January 5, 2005.
- Shifting Light Into Reverse, Chemical and Engineering News, December 7, 2005.
- Nanoantennas Show Promise In Diagnostic Imaging, Medical and Diagnostic Imaging Technology Alert, September 17, 2004.
- Teeny antennas, Popular Science, January 2003.
- Nanotechnology creates ideal optical medium, EETimes.com, August 27, 2002.
- 'Nanoantennas' Could Bring Sensitive Detectors, Optical Circuits, Photonics.com, September 3, 2002.
- The Amazing Vanishing Transistor Act, IEEE Spectrum, October, 2002.
- Metal Nanoparticle Arrays Guide and Focus Light, Nanoparticle News, September, 2002.
- Nanotechnology creates ideal optical medium, Electronic Engineering Times, September 2, 2002.
