Using embedded dye molecules in a liquid crystal matrix, an international team of researchers slowed…
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.
New research from the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reveals for the first time the ‘speed…
Researchers from Honeywell International have modified hollow-core fiber, dramatically improving performance and making it the…
Engineers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a 3D+2D television that combines both 2D and…
Research from the Universities of Bath and Exeter suggests that the use of graphene in…
In an effort to help improve the vision of patients suffering from eye disease, engineers…
A new adaptive optics system, called GeMS, uses a combination of multiple lasers and deformable…
In a new study, SLAC and Stanford scientists detail a new three-layer solid-state device can…
A new resin material that can be molded into highly conductive 3D structures shows potential…
Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have constructed a micro-structured thermal cloak that molds…
98 percent of lamp’s energy goes to lighting the street instead of the night sky.…
A team of researchers have conclusively identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes LEDs…
The phenomenon of cathodoluminescence gave geologists an easy way to identify quartz and other minerals…
Silk is used by some insects and spiders to spin webs and cocoons, and now…
After having put young adults with normal vision through a battery of tests, scientists were…
Most lasers are made up of silicon wafers using expensive processes, similar to the ones…
Scientists have been able to generate the world’s fastest laser pulse with a beam shot…
Max Planck Institute scientists examined the transmission behavior of photonic crystal fibers when they were…