Researchers describe new technology to fabricate high-performance, flexible optical devices

A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has developed a way to fabricate high-performance flexible optical d…

Two-by-two-millimeter spectrometer dramatically shrinks footprint for multidimensional analysis of molecules

Two-by-two-millimeter spectrometer dramatically shrinks footprint for multidimensional analysis of molecules

Highly purified crystals that split light with uncanny precision are key parts of high-powered lenses, specialized optic…

Finding could allow ultrafast switching of conduction, and possibly lead to new broadband light sensors.

Graphene, an ultrathin form of carbon with exceptional electrical, optical, and mechanical properties, has become a focu…

Single molecule nanoimaging with angstrom localization precision using hybrid photonic antennas.

Photonic antennas amplify and confine optical fields at the nanoscale offering excellent perspectives for nanoimaging an…

First measurements of transmission and delay

Topological transport of light is the photonic analog of topological electron flow in certain semiconductors. In the el…

Devices that employ light for computation, could speed up computers in the future and increase their efficiency. Researc…

The speed of information in a spin network

In quantum mechanics, interactions between particles can give rise to entanglement, which is a strange type of connectio…

Physicists are one step closer to proving the reliability of a quantum computer – a machine which promises to revolution…

Experiment measures millions of quantum trajectories to predict ‘most likely’ route

As a quantum state collapses from a quantum superposition to a classical state or a different superposition, it will fol…

A team of scientists at MPQ achieves a twentyfold amplification of single-photon signals with the help of an ultracold quantum gas.

A team at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, has now made a kind of optical transistor using a cloud of ultraco…

A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such…

Nano-optoelectronics are considered the cornerstone of future chip technology, but the research faces major challenges:…

This state-of-the-art freeform technology also covered by patents in Europe, US and Australia and licensed to major lens companies

Freeform technology allows the production of complex lens designs on a lens-by-lens basis. Sophisticated equipment can s…

This thin film coating innovation is especially important for high-power laser applications up to

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and California Institute of Technology have demonstr…

Imagine being able to instantaneously run an optical cable or fiber to any point on earth, or even into space. That’s w…

Vacuum fluctuations may be among the most counter-intuitive phenomena of quantum physics. Theorists from the Weizmann Institute (Rehovot, Israel) and the Vienna University of Technology propose a way to amplify their force.

Vacuum is not as empty as one might think. In fact, empty space is a bubbling soup of various virtual particles popping…

A team from the Research School of Physics and Engineering have uncovered the secret to twisting light at will. It is th…

Meller Sapphire Wafer Carriers feature Moh 9 hardness and superior strength due to off-axis crystal growth