Cost-effective optical manipulation platform suitable for mass production of electronic and light-based devices

An international team of researchers has developed a new light-based manipulation method that could one day be used to m…

Light-based devices could be used as biomedical sensors or as flexible connectors for electronics.

Researchers at MIT and several other institutions have developed a method for making photonic devices — similar to elect…

A team of scientist at MPQ and Caltech proposes the realization of two-dimensional topological insulators by classical optical networks.

Different from previous schemes, the scientists propose a setup made of optical passive elements such as fibres, beam sp…

New architecture could prove essential for high-performance quantum photonic circuits

The circuit architecture devised by the team is among the first to combine two different types of optical devices, made…

Decisive milestone for scaling up quantum computers

Researchers have now demonstrated the operation of a four-qubit register comprised of atomic ions trapped in microchip t…

A new Laser Attenuator has been developed, which utilizes an ultra-hard coated, Laser Optical Multilayer Attenuator (LOMA) filter from Delta Optical Thin Film.

It provides the user with safe, repeatable, and real-time control over the attenuation by combining the LOMA filter with…

Zaanen’s theory describes a black hole with a prominent braided texture, like dreadlocks. This is in contradiction with…

Quantum physicists in Innsbruck have developed a protocol to pass quantum information between differently encoded buildi…

With the launch of our a|TopShape and a|AiryShape, asphericon presents a compact and modular beam shaping system based on an aspheric solution.

The new components are capable of converting a collimated Gaussian beam profile into a collimated or focused top hat int…

Combining expertise in quantum technologies and cryptography, researchers have been projecting future dates that quantum…

An ICFO study, in collaboration with researchers from Italy, Australia and Germany confirms the generation of isolated attosecond water-window SXR pulses.

In a recent study published in Physics Review X, ICFO researchers have confirmed the generation of the first isolated at…

Sandia team develops optical diagnostic that helps improve fuel economy while reducing emissions

A new optical device at Sandia National Laboratories that helps researchers image pollutants in combusting fuel sprays m…

As an antireflective coating, this material could have applications in sensors and cameras, where capturing unwanted lig…

A team of researchers has now succeeded in doing what was thought to be impossible and developed a light-processing comp…

Metasurface generates new states of light for fundamental research and applications

The new metasurface connects two aspects of light, known as orbital angular momentum and circular polarization

Extremely short electron bunches are key to many new applications including ultrafast electron microscopy and table-top free-electron lasers.

A team of physicists has now shown how electrons can be accelerated in an extreme and well-controlled way with laser lig…

Experiment by Freiburg physicists published in science journal

An extremely bright laser is used to trap the ion in its beam without compelling additional movement. A few years ago it…

Macquarie University researchers have made a single tiny diamond shine brightly at room temperature, a behaviour known a…

Researchers in Singapore use a super-resolution imaging technique to strengthen photon interaction with atoms

It's not easy to bounce a single particle of light off a single atom that is less than a billionth of a metre wide. Howe…

Industry leader Jenoptik Optical Systems’ Microoptics business unit in Huntsville, AL is pleased to announce the offering of standard silicon optics solutions.

These lenses will be available in volumes as low as 100 to provide benchmark testing, and up to hundreds of thousands fo…