Plasmonic ring modulators - now shown to offer 400 Gbit/s with 12 fJ/bit and low insertion losses of 1.5 dB. See our latest work in #naturephotonics. A big thank to the team #ETH and #Polariton. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Don't miss our March issue: go.nature.com/3YNrLNM On the cover: Laser-guided lightning. Also in the issue: Q&A with Mordechai Segev by Rachel Won on photonic time crystals; Meeting Report from ICEL 2022 emphasizing that OLEDs are expanding into areas beyond displays.

500 GHz Graphene Photodetector (PD) now accessible at #Science, see science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…. Congratulations to Stefan and the team at #ETH. The world's fastest broadband detector. First proof that graphene can deliver.

Tbit/s Free Space Communication demo from the Jungfaujoch mountain to the city of Bern. Mimicking a turbulent satellite-to-earth link Details in #NatureComms, see rdcu.be/deVtq Thanks all partners from Vertigo-project and my group at #ETHZ. See ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev…

Risk of war and yet another genocide on the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabach! The Swiss radio reported that part of the Armenian population in the Nagorno Karabach region are likely going to be killed (70'000 to 120'000). Please support the petiton: openpetition.eu/ch/petition/on…

Ein grossartiger Artikel zur Satellitenkommunikation mit exzellenten Visualisierungen in der #NZZ vom 4. März 2024 nzz.ch/technologie/sa… via NZZ

Congratulations to the #OpticaFoundation Corning Incorporated Student Paper Competition Winner: Manuel Kohli, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His #OFC24 presentation “256 GBd Barium-Titanate-on-SiN Mach-Zehnder Modulator” will be tomorrow, 25 March at 15:15 (PT) in Room 9. ow.ly/tJZ850QWElA

Ein Zeitungskommentar zum Nachdenken: "Der Kulturkampf gefährdet die Freiheit – darunter werden am Ende alle leiden" nzz.ch/meinung/hassve… via NZZ

Celebrating Swiss National day in nature. On our bike tour we pass the lake "Kloental". A landscape that got its shape because of a hydro power plant. All new hydro projects are challenged by environmentalists. Why can they not see the opportunities that come with progress?

Summer School on Optical Communications - registration now open! linkedin.com/pulse/summer-s…

Paper on "Tiny plasmonic hybrid receivers" selected as "Editor's Pick". According to the editors a recognition to "highlight articles with excellent scientific quality". opg.optica.org/OE/abstract.cf… Congratulations to Michael Baumann!

Blatant manipulation of energy report by ruling German party. Narrow minded convictions ultimately have not only led to an energy crisis but are also at the disadvantage of environment. Politicians seem to increasingly invent facts. nzz.ch/international/… via NZZ

I feel honored for being awarded the 2025 Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize for pioneering work in plasmonics. My thanks go to the many great PhDs & postdocs that contributed towards the results over the past 15 years! optica.org/2025Fraunhofer… Optica

Professor position on Signal Processing at ETH. Please forward this add to interested parties ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zur…

The world's first THz bandwidth modulator has been published Optica. The news was shared by ETH Zurich at ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev… The original publication can be found here doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA… Congratulations to my team and Polariton Technologies that made it happen.

Professor Peter Seitz steht auf der renommierten Liste der «Photonics 100» des Jahres 2025. Es ist längst nicht die erste Auszeichnung für das langjährige Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Werner Siemens-Stiftung. wernersiemens-stiftung.ch/detail/mit-pho…

Professorship Positions at #ETH , Switzerland: Our department is looking for new colleagues in Computer Vision: ethz.ch/de/die-eth-zue… and Power Electronics ethz.ch/de/die-eth-zue…

High-Speed Properties of Barium Titanate (BTO) uncovered. BTO promises a high Pockels coefficient. Myth or reality? The whole story can be found in our latest Nature Materials article nature.com/articles/s4156… by Dan Chelladurai et al. from ETH Zurich.

„Der Staat fördert Verschuldung – das ist indirekte Bankenförderung“, so Prof. Binswanger im Tagblatt.ch . 🏡💰 Sparsame Eigentümer zahlen drauf, Verschuldung wird belohnt. Falsche Anreize, falsches System! 👉 Mehr Infos: faire-steuern.ch shorturl.at/6sKru

Plans for a 🇨🇭 “Chip FabLab” in Dübendorf aim to boost semiconductor production, uniting ETH Zurich, Empa, Swissmem & industry in a 4,000m² cleanroom. 20+ companies have shown interest, with the goal of keeping 🇨🇭's chip industry competitive. ow.ly/wsRG50WEQUJ