Wang and a team of researchers demonstrated such light can be used to control some of the essential quantum properties o…

An international team of researchers is able to generate for the first time time-varying OAM beams of light.

In their experiment, the team of researchers took two femtosecond infrared pulses of 800nm, with different OAM and with…

The Z3D’s unique and captivating visual appearance (think holograms from science fiction) in true 3D, has added a whole new dimension to gaming.

The Z3D is a swept surface volumetric display, and is powered by the Voxon Photonics Engine. This engine comprises an ul…

Scientists develop prototype of what may serve as link to connect quantum computers

This method, which the authors published in the current edition of Nature, might prove extremely useful when it comes to…

Findings shed new light on the nature of electron interactions in quantum systems and establish a potential new platform for future quantum computers

his new research used double-layer graphene to investigate what happens when two quantum wells are brought close togethe…

Waves do not always spread uniformly into all directions, but can form a remarkable "branched flow". At TU Wien (Vienna) a method has now been developed to control this phenomenon.

In free space, the light wave of a laser beam propagates on a perfectly straight line. Under certain circumstances, howe…

This theory combines wave and particle aspects in quantum mechanics be postulating that the motion of a particle is chor…

Innovative freeform Field Mapper SAC improves diode laser pump efficiency

The fast axis of an edge emitting diode has a Gaussian intensity profile and the slow axis is super-gaussian. A single…

Whereas typical lenses are bulky, curved pieces of glass, these novel devices are made of carefully engineered nanostruc…

The researchers used a well-known TMDC material – tungsten disulphide – but in a new way. By creating a tiny resonance b…

Simulations suggest photonic chip could run optical neural networks 10 million times more efficiently than its electrical counterparts.

In a paper published in Physical Review X, MIT researchers describe a new photonic accelerator that uses more compact op…

Rice U., Oak Ridge scientists study potential of synthetic strain engineering in 2D materials

By patterning nanoscale donuts into a two-dimensional crystal, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and their co…

Patented UV Coating Process Enables Beamsplitter Performance Down to 120 nm

By employing a patented UV coating process, Teledyne Acton Optics can now provide broadband beamsplitter performance dow…

High-quality lenses are increasingly used in everything from cameras, to self-driving cars, and virtually all robotics,…

They are precision polished using magnetorheological finishing, a process which selectively removes material in a highly…

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have demonstrated optical soliton dynamics in gas-filled hollow capillary fibres for the first time.

This is the second ever demonstration of such pulses worldwide, with a new method for generating them that is much simpl…

This can greatly increase the amount of information that can travel through that fibre, leading to faster internet speed…

Optical frequency comb can now be generated and processed on the same chip

This is the first time a Kerr frequency comb has been generated on a lithium niobate platform, and the first time that K…

By putting the lower-noise 2000Q processor into Leap, users will now benefit from access to both processors, offering tw…

ICFO researchers use ultrafast thermo-modulation microscopy to understand how heat diffusion occurs in solids on ultrashort timescales.

In their experiment, the researchers took a 50 nm thin film of gold and illuminated it with a on optical pump pulse. The…