NEW TEST MATCHES THEORY AND OFFERS THE BEST EVIDENCE YET FOR THE ODDBALL PARTICLES.

In the new work, researchers measured the electrical current passing through an ultra-thin semiconductor connected to a…

The consortium, coordinated by Osram Opto Semiconductors, is researching ways to miniaturize optical components

The defined objective of the consortium is to develop particularly compact multifunctional optical components. The backg…

Innovative Design Ensures Precision λ/10 Wavefront Error

The Edmund Optics designed and manufactured TECHSPEC® Monolithic Reflective Beam Expanders feature an all-reflective des…

Compared to the existing curved light - Airy beams, which are initialised by a bulky laser paired with an expensive spat…

Leiden physicists have created a light source that emits individual particles in an identical state through optical fibe…

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are conducting fundamental physics research that…

In a paper appearing this week in APL Photonics, from AIP Publishing, researchers from the University of California, San…

he precision measurement of photons, the smallest energy quanta of mechanics, has always been the main constraint to the…

The breakthrough means masers - the microwave version of lasers - could now be used more widely in a range of applicatio…

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Founded in 2000, CoAdna is a global leader in wavelength selective switches based on its patented LightFlow™ liquid crys…

PTB and ASML are putting a new test beamline into operation at BESSY

The optical system was designed to allow the irradiance to be adjusted at the samples according to the specifications of…

NIST and its partners have developed a novel observing system that combines the world’s first “in-the-field” dual-freque…

Scientists have used gold nanomaterials to demonstrate a next-generation optical disk with up to 10TB capacity - a stora…

The CWS also features high in-band transmission efficiency and excellent out of band extinction, making these devices id…

These results therefore represent an important step forward in understanding the light-induced electron dynamics in a se…

Using their theory, the researchers have shown how a single-photon emitting diode based on silicon carbide can be improv…

In laser facilities in the UK, Imperial physicists are testing an 84-year-old theory which was once thought impossible t…

Having quantum properties work at room temperature without requiring ultra-cooling is important for practical use as a s…

Combining two ultra-thin material layers yields new possibilities for quantum electronics. A research team with members from TU Wien presents strongly tunable quantum systems.

The potential landscape created by the regular superstructure allows for accurately placing the quantum dot, or even mov…

Flat optical device has applications in augmented and virtual reality, ultra-high resolution microscopy, holography

The breakthrough of this new flat optical device is that it can radically change its function based on the wavelength of…