An optical lattice of laser beams into which individual atoms are placed can be used as a chessboard

A research team lead by Osaka University demonstrated how information encoded in the circular polarization of a laser be…

An international team of researchers demonstrates the existence of narrow plasmons in the near-infrared regime by using atomically-thin silver films of crystalline quality.

In recent years, plasmonics has made its way through to become a key component in the field of optical devices essential…

New research on Weyl semimetals, a class of quantum materials, unlocks unique quantum properties that can be used to create light-controlled electronic devices in the future.

The scientists also found that the current’s direction could be controlled by changing the light beam’s structure, such…

MIT, Singapore researchers show high-quality photonic device based on amorphous silicon carbide.

The resonator shows promise to be used as an on-chip photonic light source at the infrared telecom wavelength of 1,550 n…

It has been said that the internet exists chiefly to show videos of cats interacting with boxes.

Creating these hypercube states – in this case using single particles of light and a tiny mechanical drum – is an import…

Qubits are the elementary building blocks of a future, super-efficient quantum computer. Their role can be compared to t…

Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute have created the first silicon chip that can reliably constrain light to its…

Wang and a team of researchers demonstrated such light can be used to control some of the essential quantum properties o…

An international team of researchers is able to generate for the first time time-varying OAM beams of light.

In their experiment, the team of researchers took two femtosecond infrared pulses of 800nm, with different OAM and with…

The Z3D’s unique and captivating visual appearance (think holograms from science fiction) in true 3D, has added a whole new dimension to gaming.

The Z3D is a swept surface volumetric display, and is powered by the Voxon Photonics Engine. This engine comprises an ul…

Scientists develop prototype of what may serve as link to connect quantum computers

This method, which the authors published in the current edition of Nature, might prove extremely useful when it comes to…

Findings shed new light on the nature of electron interactions in quantum systems and establish a potential new platform for future quantum computers

his new research used double-layer graphene to investigate what happens when two quantum wells are brought close togethe…

Waves do not always spread uniformly into all directions, but can form a remarkable "branched flow". At TU Wien (Vienna) a method has now been developed to control this phenomenon.

In free space, the light wave of a laser beam propagates on a perfectly straight line. Under certain circumstances, howe…

This theory combines wave and particle aspects in quantum mechanics be postulating that the motion of a particle is chor…

Innovative freeform Field Mapper SAC improves diode laser pump efficiency

The fast axis of an edge emitting diode has a Gaussian intensity profile and the slow axis is super-gaussian. A single…

Whereas typical lenses are bulky, curved pieces of glass, these novel devices are made of carefully engineered nanostruc…

The researchers used a well-known TMDC material – tungsten disulphide – but in a new way. By creating a tiny resonance b…

Simulations suggest photonic chip could run optical neural networks 10 million times more efficiently than its electrical counterparts.

In a paper published in Physical Review X, MIT researchers describe a new photonic accelerator that uses more compact op…

Rice U., Oak Ridge scientists study potential of synthetic strain engineering in 2D materials

By patterning nanoscale donuts into a two-dimensional crystal, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their co…