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New paper online: lattice light-sheet activation structured illumination super-resolution microscopy. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-02019-6

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Nature Photonics has published the open-access paper "Endlessly self-injection-locked photonic integrated lasers" online. The post provides only the paper title and link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-01985-1, with no specific results described.

Gallium Phosphide-Diamond Hybrid Platform Enhances Quantum Light-Matter Interaction

Researchers integrated gallium phosphide (GaP) nanophotonic cavities onto a diamond substrate using a stamp transfer process, enhancing quantum optical interaction with diamond color centers. The devices are first fabricated by electron-beam lithography in a GaP thin film on a carrier, screened by spectroscopic testing, and then transferred. Experiments achieved cooperativity above 1. The platform can serve as a light-matter interface in quantum networks.

Chip-Scale Optical Ring Laser Gyroscope Measures Slow Rotations of 37 Degrees per Hour

A team from UC Santa Barbara and Caltech published in Optics Letters a chip-scale optical ring laser gyroscope capable of measuring rotations as slow as 37 degrees per hour, approaching Earth's rotation rate of 15 degrees per hour. The device is based on a low-noise Brillouin laser in a silicon nitride waveguide photonic integrated circuit, can be fabricated with standard CMOS processes, requires only milliwatt-level optical power, and offers nearly 2,000-fold higher sensitivity than the team's earlier device.

AIOFM Uses Multi-Source Satellite Remote Sensing to Reveal Diurnal Aerosol Variations in Inland and Coastal Pakistan

A research team at the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM), specializing in remote sensing information characterization, combined EPIC and MODIS satellite observations from 2015 to 2025 with ERA5 reanalysis and AERONET ground-based data to analyze diurnal variations in aerosol optical depth over Quetta and Karachi, Pakistan. The results were published in Remote Sensing. In representative scenarios, aerosol optical depth in Quetta rose by 0.159 from morning to afternoon, while Karachi saw an increase of 0.066. The study provides a multi-source remote sensing analysis method for monitoring diurnal aerosol variations in regions with sparse ground observations.

Optica: New Model Makes Lighting Design Better Suited to Aging Eyes

Researchers have developed a model that accounts for age-related changes in color vision and simulated different lighting configurations to improve color perception for older adults. The findings were published by Optica on October 13, 2026.

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New article online: Dangling-bond-free, chemically anisotropic semiconductors for ultrahigh-resolution X-ray imaging. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-02013-y

Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics Research on Near-Infrared Optogenetic Pain Relief Draws Nature Photonics Commentary

A team led by researcher Wang Quan at the Biomedical Spectroscopy Laboratory of the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics used upconversion nanoparticles to achieve wireless near-infrared optogenetic pain relief. The research was recently highlighted in a special commentary in Nature Photonics. Optogenetics received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 5, 2026.

New Study Explains Why Modern Display Colors Look Different to Everyone

Optica published the study on October 1. The model accounts for individual differences in color vision and explains why colors on modern displays appear different to different people, potentially helping to develop more consistent displays.

SIOM Uses Improved YOLOv8-seg for Intelligent Laser Spot Analysis in High-Power Laser Facilities

The Joint Laboratory for High Power Laser and Physics at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has proposed a laser spot analysis system based on an improved YOLOv8-seg to meet the need for rapid, precise alignment of optics along the full chain of high-power laser facilities, and has completed experimental validation.

SIOM Proposes Programming Coherent and Quantum Light Sources with Free-Electron Wave Packets

Researcher Tian Ye and Academician Li Ruxin at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), together with Researcher Pan Yiming at ShanghaiTech University and colleagues, have proposed a new mechanism that uses the quadratic phase accumulated during the propagation of free-electron quantum wave packets to simultaneously achieve selectable high-harmonic bunching and synthesis of nonclassical quantum light, linking quantum state control, high-harmonic radiation and quantum light synthesis.

SIOM reveals internal dynamics of spatiotemporal optical vortex strings

Researchers at the Joint Laboratory for High Power Laser Physics at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics studied the internal dynamics of spatiotemporal optical vortex strings, uncovering phenomena such as spatiotemporal attraction and filamentation stretching. The results were published as "Probing Internal Dynamics of Spatiotemporal Optical Vortex Strings".

SIOM Fabricates Large-Area, Wide-Angle, Broadband AR Metasurface Using Nanoimprint Lithography

A team from the Department of High-Power Laser Component Technology and Engineering at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) used nanoimprint lithography to fabricate large-area, double-sided fused-silica nanopillar metasurfaces, achieving broadband, wide-angle antireflection from the visible to near-infrared, along with good high-temperature stability and laser damage tolerance.

SIOM Achieves Deep-Subwavelength Long-Wave Infrared Absorption and Thermal Emission Control

A team at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) proposed and validated a lithography-free Cr/a-GST/Bi planar metal-insulator-metal absorber based on an ultrahigh-refractive-index material. With a total thickness of only 550nm, it achieves high absorption and thermal emission control across the 8-14μm long-wave infrared band.

SIOM Reveals Degradation Mechanism of Ion-Beam-Finished Fused Silica Under Gamma Irradiation

A team led by researcher Wei Chaoyang at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has systematically revealed the microscopic mechanism behind performance degradation of ion-beam-finished fused silica under gamma-ray irradiation induced by hydration, providing a basis for stable service of fused silica components in radiation-rich environments such as space.

SIOM Achieves High-Power Few-Cycle Pulse Compression with Dispersion-Engineered Multi-Pass Cell

A team from the State Key Laboratory of Ultra-Intense Laser Science and Technology at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) achieved few-cycle nonlinear pulse compression in a dispersion-engineered folded multi-pass cell, producing high-power few-cycle ultrafast laser pulses. The results were published in Optics Letters.

SIOM Systematically Reviews CO2 Laser Processing of Fused Silica

A team led by researcher Wei Chaoyang at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has published a review systematically covering the full technology chain of CO2 laser processing of fused silica optical components, from fundamental physical mechanisms to advanced functional applications.

SIOM Proposes Universal Control of Relativistic Particle Spin Using Surface Waves Excited by Intense Lasers

A team led by researcher Tian Ye and academician Li Ruxin at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has proposed a new mechanism in which intense lasers excite surface waves on microwires that interact with relativistic charged particles to efficiently modulate spin. The approach is universal for leptons and ions and applies to particles at energies of GeV and even TeV.

SIOM Achieves All-Optical Arbitrary Control of Chirality and Ellipticity in Solid-State High Harmonics

A team from the State Key Laboratory of Ultra-Intense Laser Science and Technology at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) achieved, for the first time, all-optical arbitrary control of chirality and ellipticity in solid-state high harmonics through dynamical symmetry engineering and quantum geometric phase manipulation.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Advances High-Repetition-Rate Phosphate Laser Nd:Glass Materials

A team led by researcher Hu Lili at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, studied how compositional substitution in neodymium-doped phosphate laser glass affects structure and performance, providing a basis for Nd:glass materials used in high-repetition-rate lasers.

CIOMP Team Led by Zhang Xuejun and Li Longxiang Publishes Review on Large-Aperture Optics Manufacturing and Testing in Light

A team led by Academician Zhang Xuejun and Researcher Li Longxiang at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) has published the review Optical manufacturing and testing of large-aperture optical mirrors: a review in Light: Advanced Manufacturing, systematically surveying processing and testing technologies for large-aperture optical components using major international telescope projects as case studies.

AIOFM Develops New Cloud Parameter Retrieval Methods for China's Dual-Polarization Payloads DPC and POSP

A team led by researcher Chen Cheng at the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM) used data from the Directional Polarimetric Camera (DPC) and the High-precision Polarization Scanning Polarimeter (POSP) aboard the Gaofen-5 (02) satellite to propose new methods for retrieving cloud optical and microphysical parameters. The results were published in JQSRT and IEEE TGRS. The spatial resolution of the DPC cloud particle size distribution product was improved to 3.3 km, close to the original observations. The POSP algorithm identified 0.865-2.25 micrometers as the optimal dual-channel combination, raising the proportion of pixels with valid cloud parameter retrievals by 52.06%. The retrieval results show good consistency with MODIS and VIIRS cloud products.

SIOM Achieves Highly Reliable Laser Joining of Titanium Alloys and Nickel-Based Superalloys

A team led by Yang Shanglu at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has suppressed brittle intermetallic compounds in laser joining of dissimilar Ti/Ni materials, improving joint reliability.

SIOM Studies Dynamic Behavior of Water Vapor in High-Vacuum Systems

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) combined experiments and simulations to study the dynamic behavior of water vapor in complex high-vacuum systems, supporting high-power laser facilities.

SIOM Achieves First Absolute Wavefront Measurement of an EUV Light Source

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and Harbin Institute of Technology have used a photon sieve to achieve the first absolute wavefront measurement of an EUV light source, solving the challenge of absolute wavefront measurement for extreme-ultraviolet and soft X-ray sources.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Reveals Thermo-Optical Dynamics of Laser-Driven Phase Transition in VO2

A team led by Jun Wang has revealed the multi-stage process of a VO2/SiO2 heterostructure under continuous mid-infrared laser driving, from thermal accumulation and phase-transition acceleration to thermal saturation.

Al2O3/HfO2 Nanolaminate Gradient-Index Structure Boosts Damage Resistance of Picosecond Laser Reflection Coatings

A team led by Jianda Shao and Meiping Zhu used an Al2O3/HfO2 nanolaminate gradient-index structure to improve the damage resistance of picosecond laser reflection thin films.

SIOM Reports Progress in B-Integral Measurement for High-Power Laser Facilities

The Joint Laboratory for High-Power Laser Physics at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has proposed a measurement method for nonlinear phase shift (B-integral) in high-power laser facilities.

Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics Proposes New Framework for Underwater Optical Docking of AUVs

A team led by Guojun Wu at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics has proposed PGF-ULB, an underwater optical beacon detection and localization framework combining physics guidance and geometric constraints, for AUV optical docking in complex underwater environments.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Advances Integrated Microcavity Optical Frequency Combs

A team led by Peng Xie at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics studied soliton generation and breather dynamics in microcavity optical frequency combs.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Advances Multidimensional Multiplexed Optical Computing

A team led by Peng Xie at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in multidimensional multiplexed optical computing, improving the parallelism of optical computing.

AIOFM Proposes GeoAdapt and Freq-LoRA to Enhance Intelligent Sensing of Aerial Targets in Ground-Based Optical Remote Sensing

A team at the Optoelectronics Center of the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has published two results in Remote Sensing, proposing the lightweight keypoint localization framework GeoAdapt and the frequency-domain low-rank adaptation segmentation method Freq-LoRA for aerial target sensing in ground-based optical remote sensing. GeoAdapt has only 5.95M parameters and achieves PCK@0.05D of 89.3%; Freq-LoRA requires only 559K trainable parameters and reaches a mean intersection-over-union of 0.904 across five simulated weather datasets, achieving 96.1% of full fine-tuning performance.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Studies Deep-Ultraviolet Subwavelength Aperture Diffraction

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in deep-ultraviolet subwavelength aperture diffraction research, serving lithography inspection.

SIOM studies nanosecond UV laser damage in PMMA optical components

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has made progress in research on the mechanism of nanosecond ultraviolet laser damage in PMMA optical components.

SIOM Achieves Dynamic Quantitative Phase Imaging with Coherent Detection Ghost Imaging LiDAR

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has achieved dynamic quantitative phase imaging using coherent detection ghost imaging LiDAR.

SIOM studies light-field transport in spatiotemporal non-Markovian random media

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has made progress in research on light-field transport in spatiotemporal non-Markovian random media.

XIOPM Achieves Metasurface Mid-Infrared Upconversion Imaging

A team led by Liu Hongjun at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) has made progress in metasurface-based nonlinear frequency upconversion imaging in the mid-infrared.

SIOM Achieves Petawatt Laser-Driven Multi-Pulse, Multi-Angle Ultrafast X-Ray Imaging

SIOM has made progress in petawatt laser-driven multi-pulse, multi-angle ultrafast X-ray imaging.

SIOM Makes Breakthrough in Accelerating High-Energy Protons with Transition Radiation Fields

SIOM has made a major breakthrough in accelerating high-energy protons using transition radiation fields.

SIOM Reveals Radiation Reaction Effects in Fast Radio Bursts

The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has revealed strong-field radiation reaction effects in cosmic fast radio bursts.