Technology breakthroughs in CO lasers have driven increased demand for commercial applications such as printed circuit b…

Photonic devices use light instead of electrons

A thin, photonic integrated circuit containing many waveguides together with many miniature lenses can create high resol…

Excellent broadband transmission from 500 - 1100 nm

TECHSPEC YAG-BBAR Coated Achromatic Lenses are specifically designed to minimize the spot size of polychromatic illumina…

The two essential requirements for a scalable quantum information processor are quantum interference and single-photon d…

Mechanism ensures "Good Vibrations" between quantum worlds

By first looking for this signalling photon, the researchers knew exactly when their nanomechanical device had succeeded…

They have developed a device and technique, called bubble-pen lithography, that can efficiently handle nanoparticles — t…

Researchers from MIPT have found a solution to the problem of overheating of active plasmonic components. These componen…

Research published today in Nature’s Scientific Reports demonstrates carbon nanotubes creating wafer-thin, flat structur…

Technique developed by researchers could have applications in visual displays, solar cells and photodetectors

The development could have applications in numerous places where heat management is important, including visual displays…

A femtosecond laser used by scientists allows deposition of complex two- and three-dimensional patterns on the surface o…

Laser physicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics developed a measuring system for light waves in the near-infrared range.

Scientists have developed a measuring system that is able to determine laser pulses with a wide bandwidth in the infrare…

Controlling on-chip nano-optics by graphene nano-opto-mechanics

Active in situ control of light at the nanoscale remains a challenge in modern physics and in nanophotonics in particula…

This microstructure is then set in place using a focused laser beam, which locally cures the epoxy resin and then prints…

The very first experimental observations of knots in quantum matter have just been reported in Nature Physics by scienti…

Research could lead to safer X-rays and faster internet speeds.

The fascinating electrical properties of graphene have allowed University of Manchester researchers to open up a new are…

Device switches Terahertz light circular polarization state using MEMS technology

A University of Tokyo research group has developed an active polarization filter which is able to switch the circular po…

FAU researchers investigate how light behaves in curved space

To investigate the influence of gravity on the propagation of light, researchers usually have to examine astronomical le…

This entirely new form of memory has a set of properties which could make it extremely useful in modern electronics. It…

The expansion was driven by steady demand that has led to average growth of 10% quarter over quarter for the last 12 con…

A new metamaterial with an unusual refraction of light will speed up computers

A team of scientists have proposed a two-dimensional metamaterial composed of silver elements, that refracts light in an…