‘Quantum negativity’ can power ultra-precise measurements
Credit: Hugo Lepage Scientists have found that a physical property called 'quantum negativity' can be used to take more precise ...
Tag: Optics
Black phosphorus future in 3D analysis, molecular fingerprinting
Advances with the versatile material provide a path forward for applications on next-generation optoelectronic chipsCredit: Bowei Dong and Li Huang ...
Study: Mapping crystal shapes could fast-track 2D materials
Experts call for global effort to clear hurdles to mass productionCredit: MSNE/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 27, 2020) - Materials ...
Photonic amorphous topological insulator
Credit: by Peiheng Zhou, Xin Ren, Yihao Yang, Haoran Xue, Lei Bi, Longjiang Deng, Yidong Chong, and Baile Zhang The ...
Recent advances in 2D, 3D and higher-order topological photonics
Credit: by Minkyung Kim, Zubin Jacob, and Junsuk Rho Topology, which is a branch of mathematics, is rising as a ...
Novel label-free imaging technique brings out the inner light within T cells
Credit: Image courtesy of Alexandra Walsh. MADISON -- T cells are the immune soldiers at the frontlines of the battle ...
Project creates more powerful, versatile ultrafast laser pulse
Institute of Optics research sets record for shortest laser pulse for newly developed technology, work that has important applications in ...
Brazilian researchers develop an optical fiber made of gel derived from marine algae
Edible, biocompatible and biodegradable, these fibers have potential for various medical applications. The results are described in the journal Scientific ...
Look into the mirror
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski If the eyes are the mirror of the soul, then thanks to the translucent corneas, ...
Silicon core fishbone waveguide extends frequency comb
Waveguide design lets silicon compete with glass in frequency comb generationCredit: Zhang et al. Frequency combs are becoming one of ...
Getting a grip on near-field light
Research advances particle manipulation, high resolution microscopy, communications and moreCredit: (Image courtesy of Second Bay Studios/Harvard SEAS) There are many ...
CIC nanoGUNE reaches new depths in infrared nanospectroscopy
Credit: CIC nanoGUNE Researchers from the Nanooptics Group at CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian) demonstrate that nanoscale infrared imaging - which ...
Researchers capture cell-level details of curved cornea
New OCT instrument poised to improve disease diagnosis thanks to larger field of viewCredit: Viacheslav Mazlin, The Langevin Institute WASHINGTON ...
Shrinking (ultra)violet
NIST researchers describe unique system for testing how well narrow wavebands of UV light kill germsCredit: T. Larason/NIST While awaiting ...
Instantaneous color holography system for sensing fluorescence and white light
The group has realized single-shot color-multiplexed 3D fluorescence microscopy with holographyCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan ...
Photon-based processing units enable more complex machine learning
Using photons to create more powerful and power-efficient processing units for artificial intelligenceCredit: Mario Miscuglio WASHINGTON, July 21, 2020 -- ...
Thermal manipulation of plasmons in atomically thin films
Credit: by Eduardo J. C. Dias, Renwen Yu, F. Javier GarcÃa de Abajo Surface plasmons in graphene have been widely ...
A survey on optical memory and optical RAM technologies
Credit: by Alexoudi, T., Kanellos, G.T. & Pleros, N. Over the past decades, "storing light" has appeared as a rather ...
Topological photonics in fractal lattices
Credit: by Zhaoju Yang, Eran Lustig, Yaakov Lumer and Mordechai Segev Topological insulators are a new phase of matter featured ...
Valley-Hall nanoscale lasers
Credit: by Daria Smirnova, Aditya Tripathi, Sergey Kruk, Min-Soo Hwang, Ha-Reem Kim, Hong-Gyu Park, and Yuri Kivshar Topological photonics underpins ...