American scientists have developed an innovative, atomic resonance-based method to measure electric fields that allows for self-calibration and improved spatial resolution

EIT involves a medium that normally absorbs light, and uses a system of two lasers tuned to the transition between state…

Photonic Professional GT sets benchmarks in microfabrication

Using Nanoscribe´s 3D printer Photonic Professional GT, which is based on the technique of two-photon-polymerization, a…

Prototype device enables photon-photon interactions at room temperature.

An efficient way to make photons interact could open new prospects for both classical optics and quantum computing, an e…

Quantum nanoscope paper published in Science

The experiments were performed with ultra-high quality graphene. To excite and image the ultra-slow ripples of light in…

Precise Earth-based measurements of optical signals from satellite show that equipment already in space can be adapted for extremely secure data encryption

In a new study, researchers demonstrate ground-based measurements of quantum states sent by a laser aboard a satellite 3…

New study opens the door to solid-state devices that use excited electrons

For the first time, engineers and scientists at Caltech have been able to directly observe the ultrafast motion of elect…

With the development of fast control electronics, the sensors can adapt to rapidly changing measuring conditions within…

Neural networks could be implemented more quickly using new photonic technology.

Now, a team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere has developed a new approach to such computations, using light instead o…

For the first time, the researchers managed to measure the exact energy levels and identified that the ultrafast energy…

But the record-high coherence of the devices created in the present work is already attractive for a number of applicati…

Jenoptik will also be showcasing its highly efficient laser bars at the trade fair, which have been proven their worth i…

Tractor beams first became a topic of conversation two centuries ago in science fiction: the term implied a beam of ligh…

Techniques that enable computers to learn can also describe complex quantum systems.

The result was a more complete account of the capabilities of certain neural networks to represent quantum states. In pa…

70mmTelecentric F-Theta-Ronar Lens Delivers Increased Scan Field and Small Spot Size for Laser Material Processing Industry

The UV F-Theta-Ronar Lens for 340-360nm includes an angle corrected coating for stable transmission over the entire scan…

The World of Photonics Congress 2015 recorded 5,500 participants attending more than 2,700 scientific and practically-or…

The goal of the project led by TOPTICA Photonics AG and the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is to realize a…

Soliton frequency combs generated in optical microresonators allow to transmit data at rates of more than 50 terabits per second – publication in Nature

The team exploits optical solitons circulating in silicon nitride microresonators to generate broadband optical frequenc…

Aeronautic engineering provided the answer

Cold-beam experiments are conducted in labs around the world to observe atoms and molecules behaving in a quantum manner…

Exciton-polaritons are a combination of light and matter. Like all quasiparticles, they’re created within a solid and ha…

The lenses have focal lengths of 100 mm, are telecentric, have scan areas of 35 mm x 35 mm and will accept a maximum