Compared to the existing curved light - Airy beams, which are initialised by a bulky laser paired with an expensive spat…

Leiden physicists have created a light source that emits individual particles in an identical state through optical fibe…

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are conducting fundamental physics research that…

In a paper appearing this week in APL Photonics, from AIP Publishing, researchers from the University of California, San…

he precision measurement of photons, the smallest energy quanta of mechanics, has always been the main constraint to the…

The breakthrough means masers - the microwave version of lasers - could now be used more widely in a range of applicatio…

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Founded in 2000, CoAdna is a global leader in wavelength selective switches based on its patented LightFlow™ liquid crys…

PTB and ASML are putting a new test beamline into operation at BESSY

The optical system was designed to allow the irradiance to be adjusted at the samples according to the specifications of…

NIST and its partners have developed a novel observing system that combines the world’s first “in-the-field” dual-freque…

Scientists have used gold nanomaterials to demonstrate a next-generation optical disk with up to 10TB capacity - a stora…

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These results therefore represent an important step forward in understanding the light-induced electron dynamics in a se…

Using their theory, the researchers have shown how a single-photon emitting diode based on silicon carbide can be improv…

In laser facilities in the UK, Imperial physicists are testing an 84-year-old theory which was once thought impossible t…

Having quantum properties work at room temperature without requiring ultra-cooling is important for practical use as a s…

Combining two ultra-thin material layers yields new possibilities for quantum electronics. A research team with members from TU Wien presents strongly tunable quantum systems.

The potential landscape created by the regular superstructure allows for accurately placing the quantum dot, or even mov…

Flat optical device has applications in augmented and virtual reality, ultra-high resolution microscopy, holography

The breakthrough of this new flat optical device is that it can radically change its function based on the wavelength of…

A new method of trapping single photons could bring quantum memory one step closer

How do you stop light in midflight and hold on to it – even for a fraction of a second? This ability could be crucial to…

Our health, safety, and well-being depend on how well we know the chemicals that surround us, and the development of new laser sources will now make it possible to identify chemicals with greater sensitivity

In a breakthrough, a group of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an on-silicon-…

Rice, Tokyo Metropolitan scientists create platform for unique near-infrared devices

A novel quantum effect observed in a carbon nanotube film could lead to the development of unique lasers and other optoe…