New compressor delivers above-terawatt 1.5-cycle pulses at kilohertz repetition rate
Credit: MBI Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have reached a new ...
Tag: Optics
New design for ‘optical ruler’ could revolutionize clocks, telescopes, telecommunications
Credit: NIST Just as a meter stick with hundreds of tick marks can be used to measure distances with great ...
Geometry of intricately fabricated glass makes light trap itself
Light interacts with itself to form self-sustaining waves in an artificial 'topological' materialCredit: Rechtsman Laboratory, Penn State Laser light traveling ...
Scientists support the use of ultraviolet light to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission indoors
Credit: Image sketches by Nacho Gaubert. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is posing an extraordinary challenge that requires swift worldwide action for ...
Graphene smart textiles developed for heat adaptive clothing
Credit: The University of Manchester New research on the two-dimensional (2D) material graphene has allowed researchers to create smart adaptive ...
Quantum rings in the hold of laser light
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Ultracold atoms trapped in appropriately prepared optical traps can arrange themselves in surprisingly complex, hitherto unobserved ...
Laser technology: The Turbulence and the Comb
A particularly well-ordered kind of laser light can be created by turbulence, which is usually responsible for very disordered phenomena.Credit: ...
New techniques improve quantum communication, entangle phonons
Credit: Photo by Nancy Wong Quantum communication--where information is sent through particles, typically entangled photons--has the potential to become the ...
Quantum-inspired approach dramatically lowers light power needed for OCT
New detection system allows high-quality OCT imaging with power levels well below safety limitsCredit: Andrzej Roma?ski WASHINGTON -- Researchers have ...
Order from disorder
Using turbulence to generate frequency combs from small ring lasersCredit: Harvard SEAS We've all experienced turbulent air and water, but ...
Photonics: From custom-built to ready-made
Credit: Lin Chang (UCSB) Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers ...
Superlens squeezes light into nanospace
Plasmon nanojet: Physicists implement efficient mechanism for subwavelength focusing of plasmonsCredit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Russian and Danish researchers have ...
A breakthrough in developing multi-watt terahertz lasers
Researchers at Lehigh's Center for Photonics and Nanoelectronics use new phase-locking technique to achieve record-high output power for terahertz lasers, ...
Scientists apply ‘twistronics’ to light propagation and make a breakthrough discovery
The findings provide a promising pathway for leapfrog advancement in imaging, optical-computing technologies, biosensing and moreCredit: ASRC NEW YORK, June ...
Ultra-thin camera lenses of the future could see the light of day
Credit: Chalmers University of Technology/Daniel Andren In the future, camera lenses could be thousands of times thinner and significantly less ...
Doing more with terahertz: Simplifying near-infrared spectroscopy systems
Adaptive sampling technique offers exceptional resolution with only one laser source, half that of conventional systemsCredit: SPIE Spectroscopy has roots ...
Shedding a new light on 2D materials
Pitt Engineers lead a study on how light affects 2D materials that can be used for improved data storageCredit: University ...
Physicists create quantum-inspired optical sensor
Credit: Nikita Kirsanov/MIPT Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, joined by a colleague from Argonne National Laboratory, ...
‘Whispering gallery’ effect controls electron beams with light
Research team led by the University of Göttingen succeeds in coupling free electrons to optical resonatorsCredit: Dr Murat Sivis When ...
New microscopy method provides unprecedented look at amyloid protein structure
Measuring the location and orientation of single molecules could provide new insights into Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseasesCredit: Tianben Ding, Tingting ...