NIST scientists have devised and improved a prototype instrument the size of a loaf of bread that can substantially incr…

New silicon platform compresses light waves past their ‘diffraction limit’ to vastly improve resolution for bio-imaging and nano lithography applications

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed technology to compress light wavelengths fourf…

Scientists demonstrate versatile, noise-tolerant quantum operations on a single electron

Researchers have demonstrated the ability to generate a quantum logic operation, or rotation of the qubit, that—surprisi…

Plasmonic interferometers make use of the interaction between light and surface plasmon polaritons, density waves create…

The system's high degree of automation enables measurement in the entire field, shortens measurement time and rules out…

Improved photo-structurable glass ideal for RF/MEMS and biotech applications

This material is characterized by advanced photosensitivity and homogeneity. These unique properties combined allow a hi…

The documents were recorded using ultrafast laser, producing extremely short and intense pulses of light. The file is wr…

A completely non-mechanical, live optical link with multiplexed data transmission will be on display. The engine for est…

Xu and his team wanted to create and explore the properties of a 2-D semiconductor heterostructure made up of two differ…

Durable, power-stable optics with low absorption rates are a prerequisite for energy-efficient laser systems. The Coatin…

The tiny cyanobacteria use the principle of the lens in the human eye to perceive light direction

The Wilde group together with an international team discovered that cyanobacteria, which can move directly and precisely…

Optical strontium atomic clock sets new stability record

Researchers from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt have thoroughly analyzed the noise processes in their optical…

The study carried out by MIT, NIMS and ICFO used graphene to control electron energy transport in nano-devices.

When light hits graphene, the electronic thermal equilibrium is reached in really fast timescales, in the order of femto…

Researchers led by EPFL have made a tiny, ring-shaped device that can generate a pulsed laser signal. Their work could b…

Scientists create laser-activated superconductor

Indications of light-induced lossless electricity transmission in fullerenes contribute to the search for superconductin…

The II-VI IBS coated optics offer unmatched performance in low laser absorption, high laser damage threshold, durability…

Single photons can quickly modify individual electrons embedded in a semiconductor chip and vice versa

Scientists have created a crystal structure that boosts the interaction between tiny bursts of light and individual elec…

An international team realized the ultimate speed limit of the control of spins in a solid state magnetic material. Usin…

A new study shows how harnessing the quantum properties of light can create a transmission technology impervious to eavesdropping.

Researchers at Stanford University have created a novel quantum light source that might someday serve as the basis for q…

Scientists from the University of Stuttgart (Germany) combine the properties of gases, crystals and superfluids to a single unique state of matter.

When a strong magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the surface of the ferrofluid it undergoes a so-called Rosenswe…