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{"title":"Chiral interactions inspire investigation","authors":"Noriaki Horiuchi","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01951-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01951-x","url":null,"abstract":"A novel spectroscopic method using the interaction between light and matter via chirality was reported at the Japan Society of Applied Physics Spring Meeting.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 7","pages":"748-749"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148366129","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}

{"title":"Temporally super-resolved dispersive Fourier transformation spectroscopy","authors":"Qi Wen, Zhaoyang Wen, Yuan Chen, Bowen Sun, Zhicheng Huang, Ming Yan, Heping Zeng","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01954-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01954-8","url":null,"abstract":"Dispersive Fourier transformation maps the spectrum of an optical pulse into the time domain via chromatic dispersion, enabling real-time, pulse-resolved spectral analysis with a single photodetector. This technique has unlocked new possibilities for single-shot measurements of transient phenomena in physics, photonics and biological systems. However, its applicability in ultrafast regimes is hindered by temporal aliasing, which arises when pulses are spaced closer than their stretched duration. Here we introduce temporally super-resolved time-stretch spectroscopy that overcomes this limitation. By storing a sequence of ultrashort pulses—each encoding a unique, non-repetitive spectral event—in an optical cavity and retrieving them sequentially using an asynchronous pulse picker and a dispersive Fourier transformation oscilloscope, we isolate individual pulses and suppress aliasing. This achieves a three-orders-of-magnitude improvement in temporal resolution. In proof-of-concept experiments, we resolve the spectral evolution of 25-GHz electro-optic comb pulses and distinguish spectra separated by just 3 ps. This technique enables continuous, picosecond-resolved measurements of non-repetitive spectra and is readily applicable to ultrafast spectroscopic sensing. Temporally super-resolved time-stretch spectroscopy is developed to sequentially measure non-repetitive spectra in a single shot. Proof-of-concept experiments reveal the spectral evolution of 25-GHz electro-optic comb pulses and distinguish spectra separated by 3 ps.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 10","pages":"1139-1145"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-01954-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148385799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatiotemporal shaping of broadband helical light pulses at relativistic intensities","authors":"Andrew Longman, Danny Attiyah, Elizabeth S. Grace, Christopher Gardner, Tayyab Suratwala, Gary Tham, Colin Harthcock, Robert Fedosejevs, Franklin Dollar","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01948-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01948-6","url":null,"abstract":"Spatiotemporal control of laser pulses at relativistic field strengths is a long-standing goal in laser–plasma interactions and extreme-field science. Helical wavepackets that couple spectral and orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes produce rotating intensity distributions, often referred to as light springs. Here we demonstrate the generation of light springs at relativistic intensities, reaching peak values above 1.4 × 1018 W cm−2, using a scalable and high-power-compatible optical architecture. By spectrally separating a broadband high-power pulse, imprinting distinct helical phases using off-axis spiral phase mirrors, and coherently recombining the components with engineered dichroic optics, we realize controlled spatiotemporal OAM in a geometry compatible with large-scale laser facilities. Hyperspectral imaging combined with off-axis holography enables full spatiotemporal reconstruction of the focal fields, revealing tunable transverse rotation. Furthermore, controlled spectral chirp allows manipulation of the temporal evolution of the transverse mode structure. These results establish a scalable route to relativistic light fields with tailored spatiotemporal OAM and provide new opportunities for structured laser–plasma interactions. Researchers demonstrate the generation of helical intensity wavepackets at relativistic intensities, reaching peak values above 1.4 × 1018 W cm−2. Controlled spatiotemporal orbital angular momentum, in a geometry compatible with large-scale laser facilities, is realized.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 7","pages":"843-849"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148336491","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}

{"title":"Deuterated compounds for organic light-emitting diodes","authors":"Ross D. Jansen-van Vuuren, Jingwen Yao, Sheng-Fu Wang, Ohyun Kwon, Z. Valy Vardeny, Pi-Tai Chou, Shou-Cheng Dong","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01917-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01917-z","url":null,"abstract":"Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have been established as a premium display technology for consumer electronics and offer much promise for flexible, large-screen electronics and wearable devices. Despite their commercial success, OLED displays still face major bottlenecks in performance, including limited efficiency, operational lifetime (stability), and efficiency roll-off at high brightness. Deuteration of OLED hosts and emitters is an effective means to address these limitations for fluorescent and phosphorescent systems. Here we describe recent advancements in the development of deuterated organic and organometallic compounds for OLEDs, with a particular focus on their performance benefits, the underlying working mechanisms, and practical challenges associated with their large-scale adoption. This Review surveys recent advances in deuterated compounds for light-emitting devices, addressing the advantages of deuteration, its working mechanisms, and prospects for wider implementation.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 8","pages":"864-875"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148305288","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}

{"title":"Self-organized nanoplasmonic artificial leaf for hot-carrier bioelectronic interfaces","authors":"Pengju Li, Mengzhan Liufu, Cooper R. Johnston, Young-Woo Pyo, Yuze Zheng, Guangqing Yang, Ananth Kamath, Ruipeng Li, Yuzi Liu, Carlos A. Z. Bassetto Jr, Jinxing Jiang, Ashley Arcidiacono, Chuanwang Yang, Tiantian Guo, Ji Wan, Jing Zhang, Zirui Zhou, Joseph Strzalka, Fengyuan Shi, Jiping Yue, Lance Emry, Jwwad Javed, Isabel Vargas-Hurlston, Richard D. Schaller, Francisco Bezanilla, Po-Chun Hsu, Dmitri Talapin, Jin Wang, Hong-Gyu Park, Sarah B. King, Bozhi Tian","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01949-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01949-5","url":null,"abstract":"Without discrete pixels or wired leads, natural plant leaves respond to light and relay electrochemical signals to surrounding tissues through nanoscale chlorophyll-containing protein complexes—an elegant capability sought in next-generation leadless optoelectronic systems. Although semiconductors and their heterojunctions are commonly used to mimic photosynthesis, nanoplasmonic structures offer a largely untapped alternative. Harnessing plasmonic hot carriers for macroscopic systems remains challenging, limiting applications in tissue-level neuromodulation and human–machine interfaces. We introduce a hot-carrier artificial leaf optoelectronic device, formed by thermally self-organized three-dimensional gold-titanium dioxide units on ultrathin membranes. These nanoplasmonic interfaces enhance visible-light optoelectronic responsiveness at sub-100-nm thickness, support highly localized hot-carrier injection, and exhibit stable, linear performance over a wide range of light intensities, overcoming the material, bandgap and carrier diffusion limits of conventional semiconductors. The resulting nanoplasmonic devices enable leadless, multimodal optoelectronic modulation and pixel-less optical pattern recognition, presenting a potentially scalable platform for hot-carrier-enabled biomedical and human–machine interface technologies. Researchers present a hot-carrier artificial leaf optoelectronic device exhibiting linear performance over a wide range of light intensities, enabling leadless, multimodal optoelectronic modulation and pixel-less optical pattern recognition.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 8","pages":"950-960"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148305296","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}

{"title":"Overcoming the fill-factor limit of organic solar cells","authors":"Huotian Zhang, Jun Yuan, Tong Wang, Yijie Nai, Nurlan Tokmoldin, Wei Liu, Shanchao Ouyang, Rokas Jasiūnas, Yiting Liu, Yuxuan Li, Mohammad Saeed Shadabroo, Manasi Pranav, Nakul Jain, Xiaolei Zhang, Veaceslav Coropceanu, Artem A. Bakulin, Sai-Wing Tsang, Vidmantas Gulbinas, Safa Shoaee, Yingping Zou, Dieter Neher, Thomas Kirchartz, Feng Gao","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01946-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01946-8","url":null,"abstract":"Although organic solar cells have surpassed 20% power conversion efficiency, a persistent trade-off between open-circuit voltage and fill factor (FF) prevents them from closing the gap with inorganic technologies. Here we investigate this trade-off across a wide range of devices and identify an FF limit arising from field-dependent free-charge generation. This limit becomes more severe as voltage losses are minimized, thereby imposing an open-circuit voltage–FF trade-off. To quantitatively describe this limit, we develop an analytical model for field-dependent charge generation, revealing that the underlying cause is the field-sensitive charge-transfer process between excitons and charge-transfer states. This sensitivity originates from the field-induced charge-transfer state energy variations, mainly caused by the Stark effect. Guided by this physics-based model, we highlight that a long exciton lifetime is one of the practical and effective methods to overcome the FF limit. The fill factor of organic solar cells is limited by field-dependent charge generation due to exciton/charge-transfer coupling. Modelling coupled with a new guest–host design enables prolonged exciton lifetime, simultaneously raising the fill factor and open-circuit voltage in organic solar cells.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 9","pages":"1040-1047"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-01946-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148291425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A photonic integrated long-distance quantum communication network","authors":"Likang Zhang, Jiawei Pan, Teng-Yun Chen, Zheng-Ping Li, Yichen Lu, Wei Li, Wen-Xin Pan, Wei Ke, Yuyao Guo, Wenwen Li, Sheng-Kai Liao, Cheng-Zhi Peng, Linjie Zhou, Xinlun Cai, Feihu Xu, Jian-Wei Pan","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01944-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01944-w","url":null,"abstract":"Quantum networks provide a revolution for cryptographic and communication applications. Worldwide quantum key distribution (QKD) networks have been demonstrated in the field. The measurement-device-independent protocols have closed critical side channels in physical implementations and offer a trusted-node-free network structure. In particular, the twin-field (TF)-QKD can greatly extend the transmission distances with currently available technologies. Here we propose and demonstrate a photonic integrated TF-QKD network over long distances. We develop a hybrid photonic transmitter chip that integrates a self-injection locking laser featuring a high-Q silicon nitride microring resonator and a thin-film lithium niobate circuit consisting of multiple high-speed intensity and phase modulators. Furthermore, we propose a scalable quantum spine-leaf network structure, which has high capacity and flexible configuration. To prove the feasibility, we experimentally demonstrate a four-user quantum spine-leaf network based on the TF-QKD protocol and show the full connections among all users. We report the network over up to 540-km optical fibres at secret key rates higher than the repeaterless channel capacity. Furthermore, we show that our network can reliably support up to 50 users for high-quality video calls at metropolitan distances. The results show that the photonic integrated quantum spine-leaf network, benefiting from miniaturization, CMOS compatibility and long distance, paves the way for the large-scale deployment of quantum communications. A four-user quantum spine-leaf network over up to 540-km fibre is demonstrated using a twin-field quantum key distribution protocol. It allows the full connections between any two user pairs and is operated at a 1.25 GHz clock rate with a secret key rate of 9.38 × 10−9 bit per pulse.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 8","pages":"876-882"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148290294","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}

{"title":"Super-Snell scanning light-field display for ultrawide-angle high-resolution glasses-free three-dimensional displays","authors":"Yifan Chen, Yunmin Zeng, Tao Yu, Yuduo Guo, Yuwang Wang, Zhi Lu, Jiamin Wu, Qionghai Dai","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01938-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01938-8","url":null,"abstract":"Glasses-free three-dimensional (3D) display techniques provide immersive experiences for human–computer interaction, enabling broad applications including digital twin ecosystems, remote education and virtual socialization. However, their widespread adoption is limited by the fundamental bandwidth trade-off between viewing angle, spatial resolution and angular resolution in light-field projection. Here we propose a super-Snell scanning light-field display (SSS-LiD) for high-resolution glasses-free 3D display across an ultrawide viewing angle. Inspired by Snell’s window effect, we designed a low-aberration, compact super-Snell lenticular lens array that enables a 150° viewing angle. By integrating this optics with a synchronous holistic mechanical scanning method that exploits the persistence of vision, we achieve an 8.0-fold and 3.2-fold enhancement in horizontal and vertical spatial resolution, respectively. Compared with leading commercial solutions, SSS-LiD demonstrates nearly three times the viewing angle and increases the resolution by up to 2.5 times. These results establish SSS-LiD as a feasible pathway towards the practical application of high-fidelity, ultraimmersive glasses-free 3D displays. Inspired by Snell’s window effect, a new scanning light-field architecture enables glasses-free 3D display with a 150° viewing angle and nearly 480-pixel resolution.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 8","pages":"905-913"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148290233","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}

{"title":"Author Correction: Single-shot terahertz-field-driven X-ray streak camera","authors":"Ulrike Frühling, Marek Wieland, Michael Gensch, Thomas Gebert, Bernd Schütte, Maria Krikunova, Roland Kalms, Filip Budzyn, Oliver Grimm, Jörg Rossbach, Elke Plönjes, Markus Drescher","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01929-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01929-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 7","pages":"850-850"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-01929-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148366133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Wide-temperature-range fluid-phase grain boundaries for temperature-robust perovskite solar cells","authors":"Lichen Zhao, Hongyu Xu, Yanran Wang, Qiuyang Li, Wei Hu, Yifan Zheng, Bo Yang, Zichen Wang, Hao-Hsin Chen, Jiang Wu, Chunsheng Li, Wen-Yi Yu, Tinglu Song, Yiping Zhao, Weizheng Huang, Jing-Jong Shyue, Pengyi Tang, Yu Chen, Xingyu Gao, Qihuang Gong, Yuanwei Chen, Huai Yang, Rui Zhu","doi":"10.1038/s41566-026-01943-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41566-026-01943-x","url":null,"abstract":"Thermal instability under temperature fluctuations remains a critical challenge for the practical deployment of perovskite solar cells. Here we report a wide-temperature-range fluid-phase grain boundary (WTR-FGB) strategy enabled by incorporating a molecular complex that remains fluid between −40 °C and 85 °C. When introduced into polycrystalline perovskite films, this molecular complex is found to preferentially localize at grain boundaries, forming a dynamically adaptive and mechanically compliant intergranular network. This WTR-FGB configuration appears to accommodate thermally induced lattice mismatch, mitigate strain accumulation and suppress defect evolution during thermal cycling. Correspondingly, perovskite films exhibit enhanced structural integrity, improved photoluminescence stability and reduced morphological degradation under repeated temperature variations. These material-level changes are associated with improved device performance, enabling n–i–p perovskite solar cells with a certified power conversion efficiency of 26.52%. Thermal cycling durability is also improved, with p–i–n devices retaining over 92% of initial power conversion efficiencies after 200 cycles in accordance with the International Electrotechnical Commission 61215 standard. This work suggests that mechanically adaptive WTR-FGB engineering may offer an effective pathway towards improving the efficiency and thermal robustness of perovskite photovoltaic devices under operational temperature fluctuations. A wide-temperature-range fluid-phase molecular complex that forms dynamically adaptive grain boundaries in perovskite films enables an efficiency of 26.52% and improved thermal cycling stability in perovskite solar cells.","PeriodicalId":18926,"journal":{"name":"Nature Photonics","volume":"20 8","pages":"914-922"},"PeriodicalIF":38.1,"publicationDate":"2026-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148628728","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}