Using an ultrafast CUP camera, Caltech researchers have captured the unpredictable paths of laser light…
Browsing: Optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the design of instruments that use or detect it. From understanding reflection, refraction, and diffraction to advancing technologies like lasers, fiber optics, and imaging systems, optics plays a foundational role in both scientific research and everyday applications. It’s also key to fields like astronomy, medicine, telecommunications, and quantum computing. This page features the latest developments in optical science, showcasing discoveries that are shaping our ability to observe, manipulate, and harness light in innovative ways.
An international team of researchers created nanodiamond sensors that can act as both heat sources…
Researchers from Osaka University propose a concept for next-generation ultra-intense lasers, possibly increasing the current…
Researchers develop the first nanomaterial that demonstrates “photon avalanching;” finding could lead to new applications…
International team of researchers uses photonic networks for pattern recognition. In the digital age, data…
Researchers have created a groundbreaking light-based processor using frequency combs that drastically enhances the speed…
Comb of a Lifetime: A New Method for Fluorescence Microscopy Fluorescence microscopy is widely used…
Upgrade to quantitative phase imaging can increase image clarity by expanding dynamic range. Experts in…
Analyses of the materials in the scrolls helps put the object into a historical context…
System provides practical method for measuring how breath travels when people talk or sing. A…
New research demonstrates a way to use quantum properties of light to transmit information, a…
Light travels at a speed of about 300,000,000 meters per second (671,000,000 as light particles,…
Perovskites are materials made up of organic compounds bound to a metal. Propelled into the…
Researchers from Osaka University accurately and arbitrarily control flying velocities of light bullets, offering new…
Electronics are increasingly being paired with optical systems, such as when accessing the internet on…
When Light and Atoms Share a Common Vibe An especially counter-intuitive feature of quantum mechanics…
A world record transmission of 1 petabit per second in a multimode optical fiber increases…
Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices – a property that gives…