The new microscopy technique, described in the journal AIP Advances, uses a beam of electrons to excite a specially engi…

A photonics and vacuum technology event is taking place on Monday 16 September 2013 at the Sussex Exchange conference ce…

Shorter and Longer Wavelengths Now Cover 200 nm TO 800 nm

To support the new ozone-producing lamp, HORIBA added a deozonating scrubbing filter.

Researchers have been able to teleport information from light to light at a quantum level for several years. In 2006, re…

Thanks to scientists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, audiences can hear a 200-year-old opera by composer Lu…

Stretchable, transparent graphene-metal nanowire electrode

A hybrid transparent and stretchable electrode could open the new way for flexible displays, solar cells, and even elect…

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported* the first observation of the "sp…

OceanView’s customizable interface puts the user in control

OceanView displays and utilizes spectral data from Ocean Optics spectrometers with the added flexibility of integrating…

To describe the microscopic properties of matter and its interaction with the external world, quantum mechanics uses wav…

A synthetic material which mimics the brightest and most vivid colours in nature, and changes colour when twisted or str…

Researchers from FOM Institute AMOLF have identified a new universal ‘design rule’ to determine how elementary building blocks for light control must be combined to compose an environment in which a quantum light source shines as brightly as possible.

Researchers from FOM Institute AMOLF have identified a new universal ‘design rule’ to determine how elementary building…

Recipe for new resin suited to making electrodes uses lasers for molding into almost any 3-D shape

Though its surface has been turned to carbon, the bunny-like features can still be easily observed with a microscope.…

Inspired by the way plants grow toward light sources, a phenomenon known as phototropism, bioengineers from the Universi…

Physicists John Kitching and Svenja Knappe of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will receive 201…

There is now a way to differentiate between designer clothing and knockoffs. Chalmers researcher Christian Müller has pr…

Theorists report novel ways to calculate failure probability at CLEO: 2013

Quantum communication systems offer the promise of virtually unbreakable encryption. Unlike classical encryption, which…

A light wave oscillates perpendicular to its propagation direction – that is what students learn in school. However, scientists of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) now perform atom-physics experiments with light oscillating in the longitudinal direction.

Storing light in a bottle is easier than one might think: Laser light can be coupled into an optical glass fiber in such…

For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a…

The coaxial single-ended output can detect up to 64 GBaud polarization diversity x-QAM signals featuring highly reliable…

Research teams from UW-Milwaukee and the University of York investigating the properties of ultra-thin films of new mate…