Transition into superfluid phase: Heidelberg physicists characterise an exotic quantum superfluid

Using an exotic quantum superfluid that originates in a two-dimensional atomic gas, researchers from Heidelberg Universi…

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University have identified a system that could s…

University of Southampton Professor Nikolay Zheludev has been awarded the Young Medal for 2015 by the Institute of Physi…

Physicists at the University of Sussex have found a way of using everyday technology found in kitchen microwaves and mob…

In a paper that crystalizes knowledge from a variety of experiments and theoretical developments, scientists from the RI…

New instrument is small enough to function within a smartphone, enabling portable light analysis.

The earliest spectrometers consisted of prisms that separate light into its constituent wavelengths, while current model…

The SPECTOR platform generates the highest quality optical thin films with improved levels of productivity and throughpu…

By focusing lasers onto silicon buried under a clear layer of silicon dioxide, the group have perfected a way to

Relativity theory also applicable in other research areas

In 1915 Albert Einstein formulated the theory of general relativity which fundamentally changed our understanding of gra…

The MSU researchers found that by shooting an ultrafast laser pulse into the material, its properties would change as if…

Led by UCLA researchers, research could have applications in finance, health care, government and military communications

A team of researchers led by UCLA electrical engineers has demonstrated a new way to harness light particles, or photons…

Physicists have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion that have promising potential uses such as fine-scale imaging and the transmission of information within tight spaces.

Physicists have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion that have promising potential u…

Berkeley Lab Researchers Find Way to Control Light in Densely Packed Nanowaveguides

A new route to ultrahigh density, ultracompact integrated photonic circuitry has been discovered by researchers with the

Measurement and analysis of surface topography on the Verifire XL interferometer is handled by ZYGO’s Mx™ metrology soft…

Columbia Engineers and colleagues create bright, visible light emission from one-atom thick carbon

Creating light in small structures on the surface of a chip is crucial for developing fully integrated

Imaging an aligned polyatomic molecule with laser-induced electron diffraction

Using a state-of-the-art experimental device that combines a world leading mid-IR laser with a 3D electron and ion coinc…

Falk and colleagues in David Awschalom’s IME research group invented a new technique that uses infrared light to align s…

Focusing light into a point-like space is an active research field as it finds many applications. However, concentrating…

New technique developed by Brookhaven Lab scientists rapidly creates multi-layered, self-assembled grids with fully customizable shapes and compositions

New technique developed by Brookhaven Lab scientists rapidly creates multi-layered, self-assembled grids with fully cust…

IBS coatings provide up to 99.9% reflectivity

Each Laser Mirror is individually packaged with its own Certificate of Compliance, including batch traceability to the