In a recent publication in Nature Communications researchers from Ghent University report on a new technique for optical…

A new, extremely thin kind of light detectors was created at Vienna University of Technology. Two very different technologies were combined for the first time: metamaterials and quantum cascade structures.

A new, extremely thin kind of light detectors was created at Vienna University of Technology

System could provide first method for filtering light waves based on direction.

For the first time, MIT researchers have produced a system that allows light of any color to pass through only if it is…

These self-organised structures of ultra-cold atoms and light may open up new possibilities for manipulating and structu…

For the first time, physicists at the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo have demonstrated th…

There are many unknowns in the future of computing. But one thing is certain - Devices will be reading and writing infor…

A PML team is hitting the road with a fine-tooth comb. Scientists in the Quantum Electronics and Photonics Division have…

By placing a sensor on the dashboard to monitor aspects such as in which direction the driver is looking, how open their…

The NewView 8000 systems provide rapid, precise, quantitative, and interactive surface metrology. The modular platform h…

Expected to expand the application of photocatalysts

Research on the application of titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst has been carried out in many fields since it was disc…

Vacuum energy distribution in a cavity directly imaged

Researchers reported three-dimensional imaging of the vacuum energy confined in a high Q cavity. They used a nanohole ar…

Nanostructured capsules could bring about paints and electronic displays that never fade

Nanostructured capsules could bring about paints and electronic displays that never fade

A silicon chip developed by Caltech researchers acts as a lens-free projector--and could one day end up in your cell phone

The Caltech chip eliminates the need for bulky and expensive lenses and bulbs and instead uses a so-called integrated op…

In a review article in Nature Photonics Ferenc Krausz and Mark Stockman discuss the prospects, recent experimental and theoretical findings open for the future of signal processing

Light is likely to become the tool of choice for controlling electric currents and data processing. After all, its elect…

The way we secure digital transactions could soon change. An international team has demonstrated a form of quantum crypt…

UT and FOM researchers unite theory and real-life observations

Light is produced by the spontaneous emission of photons. An electron in a material that is in an 'excited state' drops…

New dimensions in the surface roughness of aspheres

As part of the development work, asphericon was able to successfully conclude the first client projects with surface rou…

U of Utah Engineers Control Conductivity with Inkjet Printer

A recently discovered technology called plasmonics marries the best aspects of optical and electronic data transfer. By…

A solid state quantum interface linking quantum memories to the telecommunication network in Nature Communications.

Quantum memories providing an interface between flying and stationary quantum bits (qubits) represent an essential build…

MPQ-scientists record broad absorption spectra on a microsecond scale with two laser frequency combs.

A team of scientists now reports on a new method of real-time identification and quantification of molecular species