Researchers have developed a technology that can manipulate a polarized light in broadband operation with the use of a m…

Mirrors offer high damage thresholds

These mirrors are optical standing wave-resonators that are primarily used in chirping applications such as pulse compre…

The network consists of four Hubs, which will be led by the universities of Birmingham, Glasgow, Oxford and York. Southa…

Neither quantum computers nor quantum cryptography will become prevalent technologies without memory systems able to man…

Using a new algorithm, Stanford engineers can design and build a prism-like silicon structure that can bend light at right angles. The goal is to transmit data faster and more efficiently via optical rather than electrical signals.

Using a new algorithm, Stanford engineers can design and build a prism-like silicon structure that can bend light at rig…

Exploring mouse brains in real time!

Thanks to techniques pioneered by Yale research scientist and lecturer Michael Levene and his team, the world may soon k…

The system is designed for high volume production and is fully automated. It measures up to 100 lenses on one tray. All…

Possible read head for quantum computers

Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamonds could be used to construct vital components for quantum computers. But hitherto it…

A new ultrathin multilayered material can cool buildings without air conditioning by radiating warmth from inside the buildings into space while also reflecting sunlight to reduce incoming heat.

The result is what the Stanford team calls photonic radiative cooling – a one-two punch that offloads infrared heat from…

Device could improve wireless communications systems

University of Minnesota engineering researchers have developed a chip on which both sound wave and light wave are genera…

Physicists at the University of Kansas have fabricated an innovative substance from two different atomic sheets that int…

Characterization of X-ray flashes open new perspectives in X-ray science

Ultra-short and extremely strong X-ray flashes, as produced by free-electron lasers, are opening the door to a hitherto…

Metamaterials, precisely designed composite materials that have properties not found in natural ones, could be used to m…

Physicists at the University of Basel have developed a new cooling technique for mechanical quantum systems. Using an ul…

The wafers enable reliable and miniaturized packaging of sensitive MEMS devices in industrial, medical, and radio-frequency applications

The optical transparency of the glass wafer enables better processing and quality control during the production process…

Use of perovskite solution could improve quality, manufacturing efficiency of imaging devices

UCLA researchers have developed a perovskite photodetector that could reduce manufacturing costs and improve the quality…

Information in electronics is typically conveyed by transmitting electrons over tiny distances through copper wires laid…

Researchers from the University of Southampton have developed a new technique to help produce more reliable and robust n…

New quantum technology solutions for cyber security, resource sensing and security sensing

Applications will focus on quantum encryption capabilities, photonic sensing equipment for the efficient extraction and…

Record high data accuracy rates for phase-modulated transmission

Most information comes to us nowadays in the form of light, whether radio waves sent through the air or infrared waves s…