Various glasses with low dispersion in refractive index level 0.5 now available

This glass is intended for use in the high-quality lenses of single-lens reflex cameras in which apochromatic color aber…

Surface plasmon polaritons are waves that propagate along the surface of a conductor and collective oscillation of elect…

Calcium Fluoride features low solubility and superior hardness

Featuring a low Index of Refraction, high laser damage threshold and low axial and radial-stress birefringence makes the…

The alignment turning station ensures precision and flexibility for the production of mounted lenses

It machines the lens mount in such a way that the axis of symmetry of the mount is in line with the optical axis of the…

For nearly a century, electrophoretic deposition (EPD) has been used as a method of coating material by depositing parti…

Ideal Invisibility Cloaks for Visible Light in Diffusive Media / Simple Setup Produces Surprising Results

Real invisibility cloaks are rather complex and work in certain situations only. The laws of physics prevent an optical…

A new study shows that light transmitted through apertures smaller than the wavelength of light go through a radical cha…

JILA researchers have engineered a short, flexible, reusable probe for the atomic force microscope (AFM) that enables st…

Researchers create an innovative light-trapping nanostructure using a genetic-inspired approach

Physicists at the University of Rochester have created a silicon nanocavity that allows light to be trapped longer than…

After the smart phone appeared in the middle of 2000, the number of users is increased dramatically. This shows to us th…

Due to its impressive ability to convert light into electricity at an extremely efficient rate, single layers of the sem…

The quantum tunnel effect manifests itself in a multitude of well-known phenomena. Experimental physicists in Innsbruck,…

Teleporting people through space, as is done in Star Trek, is impossible by the laws of physics. Teleporting information…

University scientists have developed a rapid new technique involving X-ray imaging that allows clear images to be obtain…

3-5 μm, 3-12 μm and 8-12 μm coating options

TECHSPEC Silicon Windows and PCX lenses are manufactured from optical grade silicon, which is characterized by a low den…

High-order harmonic generation is an extreme nonlinear process when intense infrared lasers are focused in a gas medium.…

The current market of infrared optics covers a wide range of wavelengths starting just past the visible range at 800 nm…

Physicists succeeded in the first direct high-precision measurement of a fundamental property of the proton / Results will contribute to a better understanding of the matter/antimatter asymmetry

One of the biggest riddles in physics is the apparent imbalance between matter and antimatter in our universe. To date,…

Semiconductor nanowires have attracted broad interest as building blocks for novel photodetectors and photovoltaic devic…

At TU Vienna, a new method was developed to utilize quantum mechanical vibrations for high precision measurements. The well-known concept of the Ramsey interferometer is applied to a complex multi particle system consisting of hundreds of atoms.

At TU Vienna, a new method was developed to utilize quantum mechanical vibrations for high precision measurements. The w…