By focusing lasers onto silicon buried under a clear layer of silicon dioxide, the group have perfected a way to

Relativity theory also applicable in other research areas

In 1915 Albert Einstein formulated the theory of general relativity which fundamentally changed our understanding of gra…

The MSU researchers found that by shooting an ultrafast laser pulse into the material, its properties would change as if…

Led by UCLA researchers, research could have applications in finance, health care, government and military communications

A team of researchers led by UCLA electrical engineers has demonstrated a new way to harness light particles, or photons…

Physicists have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion that have promising potential uses such as fine-scale imaging and the transmission of information within tight spaces.

Physicists have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion that have promising potential u…

Berkeley Lab Researchers Find Way to Control Light in Densely Packed Nanowaveguides

A new route to ultrahigh density, ultracompact integrated photonic circuitry has been discovered by researchers with the

Measurement and analysis of surface topography on the Verifire XL interferometer is handled by ZYGO’s Mx™ metrology soft…

Columbia Engineers and colleagues create bright, visible light emission from one-atom thick carbon

Creating light in small structures on the surface of a chip is crucial for developing fully integrated

Imaging an aligned polyatomic molecule with laser-induced electron diffraction

Using a state-of-the-art experimental device that combines a world leading mid-IR laser with a 3D electron and ion coinc…

Falk and colleagues in David Awschalom’s IME research group invented a new technique that uses infrared light to align s…

Focusing light into a point-like space is an active research field as it finds many applications. However, concentrating…

New technique developed by Brookhaven Lab scientists rapidly creates multi-layered, self-assembled grids with fully customizable shapes and compositions

New technique developed by Brookhaven Lab scientists rapidly creates multi-layered, self-assembled grids with fully cust…

IBS coatings provide up to 99.9% reflectivity

Each Laser Mirror is individually packaged with its own Certificate of Compliance, including batch traceability to the

Experiments show that electric discharges follow certain laser beams.

Experimental figures show how different shaped lasers give discharges distinct properties and trajectories. By combining…

Data glasses tend to be chunky, unstylish objects, so it’s no wonder they haven’t caught on among general consumers. Fra…

Physicists at LMU Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have validated a novel laser-driven means of gen…

ICFO and Cambridge University Press announce the release of the new book The Wonders of Light

ICFO and Cambridge University Press announce the launch of The Wonders of Light, a book that dives into the realm of pho…

Carbon atoms in graphene sheets are arranged in a regularly repeating honeycomb-like lattice—a two-dimensional crystal.…

The results are important in the search for new quantum states and possible use in future electronics applications.

Aalto University researchers have succeeded to predict, in theory, that superconducting surfaces can become topological…

A glass lattice that traps light in such a way that it exhibits ‘infinite mass’ has been devised by a group of physicist…