ICFO researchers develop a microscopic motor with a single particle, laser and electric fields.

Instead of using a gas, they used a single particle and lasers and electrical fields in replacement of the cylinders, pi…

In 1935, Einstein asked a profound question about our understanding of Nature: are objects only influenced by their near…

In quantum physics, electrons behave both as particles and as waves. The wave nature can be described by the spatial wav…

Quantum information can be sent optically, that is to say, using light, and the signal is comprised of photons, which is…

Controlling and studying the optical response in this way provides a powerful method which could be employed in fundamen…

Wi-Charge’s technology delivers up to 10W of power over 30 feet to multiple devices via an infrared light beam. This tec…

The combination of LVBPFs with silicon detectors allows the design of very compact, robust and

Phosphors are efficient light emitters but they’re not optimal for high-speed communications because they turn on and of…

A laser is aimed at the optical components in the laser-induced deflection process. The beam’s absorption leads to a ris…

Rotary piezoelectric smart stages and built-in controllers make the system smaller and easier to use than galvo scanner systems for dynamic scanning below 100Hz

A closed-loop controller is embedded in each tiny stage, making the complete system more than 25 times smaller than trad…

Coated for maximum transmission at common laser wavelengths

TECHSPEC Laser Line PCX Cylinder Lenses are offered with a choice of multiple precision anti-reflective coatings for com…

LIGHT GOES INFINITELY FAST WITH NEW ON-CHIP MATERIAL

Researchers have designed the first on-chip metamaterial with a refractive index of zero, meaning that the phase of ligh…

Prototype demonstrates feasibility of building terahertz accelerators

The physicists underline that terahertz technology is of great interest both with regard to future linear accelerators f…

Atoms successfully observed by electron scattering

When atoms or molecules are irradiated with light, the light does not normally affect the characteristics of the materia…

A collaborative team of researchers from the ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems have demonst…

The team pioneered a new approach based on a micro-ring resonator - a tiny optical cavity – in which energy conservation…

Freiburg researchers have developed a method for measuring soft, structured surfaces using optical forces

Surfaces separate outside from inside, control chemical reactions, and regulate the exchange of light, heat, and moistur…

By changing the distance to the mirror, they can get the atom to live longer, up to ten times as long as if the mirror h…

The instrument’s breadboard and stand enable the Nomad to be utilized not only as an on-part metrology solution but also…

An international team of physicists has created a quantum billiards game to gain new insights into the fundamental physi…