MIT researchers develop compact on-chip device for detecting electric-field waveforms with attosecond time resolution. Understanding how light waves oscillate in time as they interact with…
Encoding information into light, and transmitting it through optical fibers lies at the core of optical communications. With an incredibly low loss of 0.2 dB/km,…
Researchers at Utrecht University and at TU Wien (Vienna) create special light waves that can penetrate even opaque materials as if the material was not…
A world-first method to enable quantum optical circuits that use photons—light particles—heralds a new future for secure communication and quantum computing. The modern world is…
Researchers from Louisiana State University have introduced a smart quantum technology for the spatial mode correction of single photons. In a paper featured on the…
A single “super photon” made up of many thousands of individual light particles: About ten years ago, researchers at the University of Bonn produced such…
Researchers demonstrate a novel photonic interference effect that could pave the way to large-scale controllable quantum systems. It’s another step on the road to developing…
Periodic pulses of light forming a comb in the frequency domain are widely used for sensing and ranging. The key to the miniaturization of this…
A collaborative team of materials scientists and theoretical chemists provide hybrid perovskite nanoparticles that are high-efficiency light emitters by using a comprehensive defect-suppression strategy. New…
QCLs Exhibit Extreme Pulses Extreme events occur in many observable contexts. Nature is a prolific source: rogue water waves surging high above the swell, monsoon…
Researchers at the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a source of single photons that can produce billions of these quantum particles…
Dotty graphene and doping: Whatever it takes for Russia’s record plasmonics to shine. Physicists from MIPT and Vladimir State University, Russia, have achieved a nearly…
International team of researchers uses photonic networks for pattern recognition. In the digital age, data traffic is growing at an exponential rate. The demands on…
The exponential growth of data traffic in our digital age poses some real challenges on processing power. And with the advent of machine learning and…
Novel approach shows promise for overcoming the bottleneck of blue emission in displays using organic light-emitting diodes. Using a new combination of emitter molecules, researchers…
Terahertz radiation, or T-rays, can reveal valuable information about the structure and dryness of our skin, new study from University of Warwick and The Chinese…
Discovery provides insight for developing next generation optoelectronic and infrared devices. In groundbreaking new research, an international team of researchers led by the University of…
The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly interacting fluids. For some, the…