Physicists Spawn Rings of Exceptional Points Out of Dirac Cones
Physicists outline a new concept called the “exceptional ring.” Optics research just got a bit more exceptional, and the world may benefit. Physicists have long…
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Engineers Develop a New Slimmer Design for Invisibility Cloaks
A team of engineers from UC San Diego have developed a new design for a cloaking device that overcomes some of the limitations of existing…
Engineers Move Toward Using Light Instead of Wires Inside Computers
Using a new algorithm, engineers from Stanford University have developed a prism-like device that can split a beam of light into different colors and bend…
New ‘Cloaking’ Device Uses Ordinary Lenses to Hide Objects
Using a combination of four standard lenses, researchers at the University of Rochester have developed a “cloaking” device that hides objects when you look at…
Researchers Test Hollow Optical Fibers for UV Light
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute have tested a new type of optical fiber with a hollow core, revealing that this type of optical fiber…
Physicists Measure Photons in an Entangled NOON State
Physicists from the University of Toronto have successfully measured multiple photons in an entangled NOON state, overcoming a major challenge in the science of measurement…
New System Filters Light Waves Based on Direction
Researchers from MIT have produced a system that allows light of any color to pass through only if it is coming from one specific angle….
Quantum Mechanics May Lead to an Ultra-Secure Internet
Researchers give theoretical proof that quantum mechanics may lead to an ultra-secure internet. Einstein’s skepticism about quantum mechanics may lead to an ultra-secure internet suggests…
Researchers Demonstrate A Single Atom Light Switch
In a newly published study, researchers from the Vienna University of Technology demonstrate highly efficient switching of optical signals between two optical fibers controlled by…
TU Vienna Researchers Develop World’s Most Powerful Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser
Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have developed the world’s most powerful terahertz quantum cascade laser, breaking the previous record held by the Massachusetts…
Physicists Develop a New Method to Accelerate Charged Particles
Physicists at the Max Planck Institute have developed a new method that uses light to accelerate charged particles, leading the way for more compact particle…
Liquid Crystal Matrix Slows Light to Less Than One Billionth of Its Top Speed
Using embedded dye molecules in a liquid crystal matrix, an international team of researchers slowed the speed of light to less than one billionth of…
Research Reveals ‘Speed Limit’ for Electrical Switching in Magnetite
New research from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reveals for the first time the ‘speed limit’ for electrical switching in magnetite. Menlo Park, California —…
Enhanced Hollow-Core Fiber Features Performance-Enabling Properties
Researchers from Honeywell International have modified hollow-core fiber, dramatically improving performance and making it the first hollow-core fiber to demonstrate single-spatial-mode, low-loss and polarization control….
3D+2D Television Allows for Simultaneous 3D and 2D Watching
Engineers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a 3D+2D television that that combines both 2D and 3D, allowing viewers with stereo glasses to see three-dimensional…
Graphene Could Make Telecommunication Speeds One Hundred Times Faster
Research from the Universities of Bath and Exeter suggests that the use of graphene in telecommunications could improve speeds by nearly a hundred times that…
Engineers Develop a Telescopic Contact Lens
In an effort to help improve the vision of patients suffering from eye disease, engineers from the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego…
New Adaptive Optics System GeMS Delivers Sharper Images of the Universe
A new adaptive optics system, called GeMS, uses a combination of multiple lasers and deformable mirrors to remove atmospheric distortions from ground-based images, providing astronomers…
