New ultrafast yellow laser poised to benefit biomedical applications
Researchers use frequency conversion to create a more practical, high-power femtosecond yellow laserCredit: Varun Sharma WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed ...
Tag: Optics
Finding a handle to bag the right proteins
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Purifying specific protein molecules from complex mixtures will become easier with a simpler way to detect ...
A new kind of liquid scintillator via hybridizing perovskite nanocrystals with organic molecules
Credit: by Sangeun Cho, Sungwoo Kim, Jongmin Kim, Yongcheol Jo, Ilhwan Ryu, Seongsu Hong, Jae-Joon Lee, SeungNam Cha, Eun Bi ...
Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity
Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical phenomenon in gold nanowiresCredit: Natelson Research Group/Rice University Rice researchers find potentially useful electrical ...
Quantum light squeezes the noise out of microscopy signals
Credit: Raphael Pooser, ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used quantum ...
Bio-based resin invented by Lithuanian researchers: A breakthrough in rapid prototyping
Lithuanian researchers from Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius University synthesised and tested a bio-based resin for optical 3D printing; ...
Lineshape-tailoring of coupled plasmonic systems based on first principle
Credit: by Jing Lin, Meng Qiu, Xiyue Zhang, Huijie Guo, Qingnan Cai, Shiyi Xiao, Qiong He, Lei Zhou Photonic systems ...
How to have a blast like a black hole
Scientists at Osaka University use extremely intense laser pulses to create magnetized-plasma conditions comparable to those surrounding a black hole, ...
Painting with light: Novel nanopillars precisely control intensity of transmitted light
The approach has potential applications in improving optical communications and making currency harder to counterfeitCredit: T. Xu/Nanjing University By shining ...
Electric current is manipulated by light in an organic superconductor
An ultrashort pulse laser opens a new pathway toward petahertz electron technologyCredit: NINS/IMS In modern information technology (IT), data are ...
Quntao Zhuang receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
University of Arizona electrical and computer engineer will advance research into quantum sensing capabilitiesCredit: Quntao Zhuang Quntao Zhuang, an assistant ...
Ambient light alters refraction in 2D material
Rice researchers find effect that could aid 3D displays, virtual reality, self-driving vehiclesCredit: Weijian Li/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 2, ...
Electromagnetic chirality: From fundamentals to nontraditional chiroptical phenomena
Credit: by Jungho Mun, Minkyung Kim, Younghwan Yang, Trevon Badloe, Jincheng Ni, Yang Chen, Cheng-Wei Qiu, and Junsuk Rho Recent ...
Giant leap for molecular measurements
A new tool to analyze molecules is 100 times faster than previous methodsCredit: © 2020 Ideguchi et al. Spectroscopy is ...
Red, green and blue single-mode lasing in heterogeneously coupled system
Credit: by Yuxiang Du, Chang-Ling Zou, Chunhuan Zhang, Kang Wang, Chan Qiao, Jiannian Yao, and Yong Sheng Zhao Miniaturized lasers ...
Demonstrating the dynamics of electron-light interaction originating from first principle
New toolbox for the nanooptics allows the theoretical description to the highest accurate level possibleCredit: Nahid Talebi With the highest ...
Researchers dramatically downsize technology for fingerprinting drugs and other chemicals
Tiny photonic chip could fit comfortably within the tip of a fingerCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering As new ...
Optical imaging enters sub-nanometer era
Credit: YANG Ben, HUANG Wen et al. Prof. DONG Zhenchao and Prof. HOU Jianguo from University of Science and Technology ...
Octupole corner state in a three-dimensional topological circuit
Credit: by Shuo Liu, Shaojie Ma, Qian Zhang, Lei Zhang, Cheng Yang, Oubo You, Wenlong Gao, Yuanjiang Xiang, Tie Jun ...
Photonics researchers report breakthrough in miniaturizing light-based chips
Credit: University of Rochester illustration / Michael Osadciw Photonic integrated circuits that use light instead of electricity for computing and ...