asphericon is presenting for the first time aspheric elements in specially developed mounts in the form of the mounted SPA™ Aspheres and Axicons.

The aspheric lenses can be quickly and easily combined with all beam guidance and positioning systems or screwed directl…

Images printed with silver and carbon reveal their secrets only with the right type of illumination; for use in security-related applications

Researchers have developed a way to use commercial inkjet printers and readily available ink to print hidden images that…

Science synopsis: Strong signs of quantum spin liquid observed in YbMgGaO4 crystals by neutron scattering off ytterbium electrons

If the discovery stands, it could open a door to hundreds of yet unknown quantum spin liquid materials that physicists s…

ANU scientists have designed a nano crystal around 500 times smaller than a human hair that turns darkness into visible…

To test their innovation, the researchers used a green laser to develop a waveguide -- a structure or tunnel that guides…

The GIST research team then introduced a small amount of polymer semiconductors into a transparent insulator polymer in…

This chip is an interferometer that adds equal but opposite light waves from a host sun which cancels out the light from…

In optical systems, beamsplitters play a key role in dividing, recombining, and managing the directions of multiple beam…

One of the keys to the success of chemical-physical and biotech production processes is the ability to measure critical…

The antennas, developed by the scientists, make it possible not only to use terahertz sources at room temperature, but a…

The group has now used predictions and calculations by theoretical physicists Professor Jelena Klinovaja and Professor D…

Mapping the interaction of a single atom with a single photon may inform design of quantum devices

The work also builds understanding for technologies that rely on light-matter interactions. Some proposals for quantum t…

The optical emission emits the photons one by one, unlike a light bulb or e.g. the sun. These non-classical single photo…

Switching between radial and azimuthal polarization capacitates the recording of optical information in the azo-dye abso…

This is the first time that ghost imaging has been achieved using atoms, although it has previously been demonstrated wi…

Three undergraduate students have recently discovered a method that could make production of entangled photon pairs – an…

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a method that enables them to manipulate light to follow…

The demonstrated principles could be very important for ensuring that light moves in the right direction in optical chip…

A source of syncronizable single photons with an arbitrary waveshape in Nature Communications

ICFO researchers report in Nature Communications a heralded single photon source with controllable emission time based o…

IBS develops new optical circuit components to manipulate light

Using surface plasmons in silver nanowires and 2D semiconductors like molybdenum disulphide, IBS scientists built three…