Graphene drum: Researchers develop new phonon laser design
Credit: Konstantin Arutyunov et al. Professor Konstantin Arutyunov of the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE), ...
Tag: Optics
Tailored laser fields reveal properties of transparent crystals
Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates surface magnetisationCredit: Murat Sivis The surface of a material often has ...
Novel chirped pulses defy ‘conventional wisdom’
University of Rochester researchers describe first highly chirped pulses created by a using a spectral filter in a Kerr resonatorCredit: ...
Scientists achieve ultra-fast optical orbiting of nanoparticles at subdiffraction scale
Credit: IGDB Is it possible to drive nanoparticles to orbit below the light diffraction limit using a Gaussian beam? A ...
The absorption of an individual electrons captured on film
Credit: Javier Marmolejo Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have observed the absorption of a single electron by a levitated ...
Researchers 3D print rotating microfilter for lab-on-a-chip applications
With filter modes that can be switched via a magnetic field, device shows promise for cell sortingCredit: Dong Wu, University ...
Bending light for safer driving; invisibility cloaks to come?
Optical cloaks hide objects in plain view by controlling the flow of electromagnetic radiation around themCredit: Figure reproduced with permission ...
Seeking a faster pathway to synthetic data
Helmholtz Association funds project for data acquisition using neural networksCredit: CASUS/2021 CMS Collaboration In addition to experimentally generated data, fundamental ...
Researchers create switchable mirrors from liquid metal
Approach could be used to create electrically controlled mirrors for art or advanced devicesCredit: Keisuke Nakakubo, Kyushu University WASHINGTON -- ...
Near-field routing of hyperbolic metamaterials
Flexible control of the propagating direction of near-field light can be realized with hyperbolic metamaterials, using an all-electric metasourceCredit: Z. ...
One step towards a daily-use deep UV light source for sterilization and disinfection
Researchers construct a gallium nitride optical microcavity with high reflectivity distributed Bragg reflectors to double the frequency of incoming light, ...
Opto-mechanical non-reciprocity in fiber
Credit: by Gil Bashan, Hilel Hagai Diamandi, Yosef London, Kavita Sharma, Keren Shemer, Elad Zehavi and Avi Zadok The internet ...
PCF-based ‘parallel reactors’ unveils collective matter-light analogies of soliton molecules
Credit: by Wenbin He, Meng Pang, Dung-Han Yeh, Jiapeng Huang, Philip St.J. Russell Optical solitons are nonlinear optical wave-packets that ...
Florida Python Hunters May Have a New Tool Thanks to Optics Research at UCF
Special small, mobile cameras help detect more snakes and could lead to an automated python tracker.Credit: University of Central Florida ...
Say goodbye to your camera bump: uOttawa researchers miniaturize optics by discovering counterpart to lens
The concept of "spaceplate" is a new avenue for manipulating light that could lead to paper thin cameras, telescopesCredit: Orad ...
Researchers tame silicon to interact with light for next-generation microelectronics
Credit: Sergey Dyakov, Sergey Tikhodeev, Nikolay Gippius Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from RAS Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Lobachevsky ...
X-ray Scanner Spots Cancers and Analyzes Drugs in Minutes
New technology could speed cancer diagnosis, ensure surgeons remove 100% of a tumor and inspect drugs for dangerous chemicalsCredit: Joel ...
A new approach will help save X-ray studies from failing results
A new approach will help save X-ray studies from failing results due to the peculiarities of single-crystal X-ray opticsCredit: IKBFU ...
Australian researchers create quantum microscope that can see the impossible
Credit: The University of Queensland In a major scientific leap, University of Queensland researchers have created a quantum microscope that ...
Novel compound reveals fundamental properties of smallest carbon nanotubes
Credit: Manabu Abe, Hiroshima University Chemical rings of carbon and hydrogen atoms curve to form relatively stable structures capable of ...