A research group from Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with French colleagues at CNRS Grenoble, has developed a uni…

StingRay was founded in 2004 and has established itself as a market leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of world…

Twisted photonic crystal fibres guide light by a mechanism similar to the bending of light rays by large celestial masses

Being able to control the optical properties of materials is useful in a wide variety of applications. The photonic crys…

LensMechanix 3.0 is the latest version of our SOLIDWORKS add-in for optomechanical development. This release includes ne…

In-plane nano-gap antenna-arrays with giant enhancement in NanoLetters.

The novel fabrication approach drastically improves the optical performance of plasmonic nano-antennas to yield giant fl…

Study: Silicon can reproduce physical phenomena exploited by high-end telecommunications devices.

In the latest issue of Nature Photonics, MIT researchers present a practical way to introduce second-order nonlinearitie…

Technique could help increase resolution of microscopes and telescopes

University of Toronto researchers have demonstrated a way to increase the resolution of microscopes and telescopes beyon…

Researchers from the University of Surrey have developed an innovative new technique to mimic one of nature’s greatest achievements – natural structural colour.

During this study researchers found a direct relationship between the uniformity of the internal structure and its abili…

Plasmonic metamaterials are materials engineered at the nanoscale to control light in unusual ways. They can be used to…

PTB's optical strontium clock in a car trailer – for geodetic investigations, worldwide clock comparisons and also for the new SI second

For the first time, scientists have presented a transportable optical strontium lattice clock which is suitable for the…

This technology is also expected to be applicable in sensors, data storage and liquid crystal displays

Physicists have elaborated a new technique for creation of entangled photon states

Members of the Faculty of Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University have elaborated a new technique for creation of…

These findings bring the researchers one step closer to ultimately controlling the experimental self-assembly of superba…

The new measurement principle is based on a high-precision linear axis that serves as a reference for the system. In add…

Solid metal design for unsurpassed thermal conductivity

Off-Axis Parabolic First Surface Metal Mirrors feature a solid metal design and use no adhesives for excellent thermal c…

EPFL scientists have found a way to miniaturize frequency combs, realizing a new step toward miniaturization of such too…

Zygo Corporation Introduces Miniature Optical Position Sensor for High-Precision Motion Sensing and Positioning Applications

The ZPS system enables high-precision measurement and positional control for advanced applications, such as deformable o…

An international team, led by a scientist from the University of Sussex, have unveiled the first practical blueprint for…

The program developed by Carleo and Troyer uses simplified parameters to simulate a certain quantum mechanical system an…

The proposal by Bonn-based researchers could push the development of future quantum computers a crucial step forward. Th…