Optics News
June 15, 2024
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June 14, 2024 — Scientists address decades-long problem in the field of single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer, paving the way for more accurate ...
June 14, 2024 — Researchers carried out a pioneering experiment where they measured the effect of the rotation of Earth on quantum entangled photons. The work represents a significant achievement that pushes the boundaries of rotation sensitivity in ...
June 14, 2024 — An international team has discovered a spectrum characteristic of an altermagnetic material with X-ray magnetic circular ...
June 14, 2024 — Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC), as a source of entangled photons, is of great interest for quantum physics and quantum technology, but so far it could be only implemented in solids. Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, ...
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May 24, 2024 — Researchers have fabricated a device no wider than a human hair that will help physicists investigate the fundamental nature of matter and light. Their findings could also support the development of ...
June 13, 2024 — Researchers have experimentally generated high-density relativistic electron-positron pair-plasma beams by producing two to three orders of magnitude more pairs than previously ...
June 13, 2024 — Researchers detail a new wearable fabric that can help urban residents survive the worst impacts of massive heat caused by global climate change, with applications in clothing, building and car ...
June 13, 2024 — Researchers have engineered nanosized cubes that spontaneously form a two-dimensional checkerboard pattern when dropped on the surface of water. The ...
June 10, 2024 — Scientists have successfully miniaturized a powerful erbium-based biber laser on a silicon-nitride photonic chip. Since typical erbium-based fiber lasers are large and difficult to scale down, the ...
June 12, 2024 — Researchers have used inkjet printing to create a compact multispectral version of a light field camera. The camera, which fits in the palm of the ...
June 12, 2024 — Researchers have adapted a class of techniques employed in astronomy to unblur images of far-away galaxies for use in the life sciences, providing biologists with a faster and cheaper way to get ...
June 12, 2024 — A team has developed printable, highly efficient light-emitting ...
June 11, 2024 — Physicists have calculated how suitable molecules can be stimulated by infrared light pulses to form tiny magnetic fields. If this is also successful in experiments, the principle could be used in ...
June 11, 2024 — A new computer vision technique developed by engineers significantly speeds up the characterization of newly synthesized electronic materials. Such materials might be used in novel solar cells, ...
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June 11, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated a new method that could enable the large-scale manufacturing of optical qubits. The advance could bring us closer to a scalable quantum ...
June 10, 2024 — If a material absorbs light, it will heat up. That heat must go somewhere, and the ability to control where and how much heat is emitted can protect or even hide such devices as satellites. An ...
June 10, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated the first chip-based 3D printer, a tiny device that emits reconfigurable beams of visible light into a well of resin that rapidly cures into a solid shape. The advance ...
June 10, 2024 — A multi-institutional team has created atomic optical antennas in solids. The team used germanium vacancy centers in diamonds to create an optical energy enhancement of six orders of magnitude, a ...
June 7, 2024 — Thousands of particles of light can merge into a type of 'super photon' under suitable conditions. Physicists call such a state a photon Bose-Einstein condensate. Researchers have now shown ...
June 7, 2024 — New camera chip design allows for optimizing each pixel's timing to maximize signal to noise ratio when tracking real-time visual indicator of neural ...
June 6, 2024 — Engineers have created a patent-pending method that creates layered perovskite nanowires with exceptionally well-defined and flexible cavities that exhibit a wide range of unusual optical properties ...
June 4, 2024 — Researchers uncover how the halogen bond can be exploited to direct sequential dynamics in the multi-functional crystals, offering crucial insights for developing ultrafast-response times for ...
June 4, 2024 — Polarized light waves spin clockwise or counterclockwise as they travel, with one direction behaving differently than the other as it interacts with molecules. This directionality, called chirality ...
June 3, 2024 — Researchers conducting a study at a high-traffic intersection in a Jersey Shore town have found that the installation of a bike lane along the road approaching the convergence reduced driving ...
June 3, 2024 — Team develops a flexible and stretchable device capable of omnidirectional color wavelength ...
May 30, 2024 — A technical achievement marks a significant advance in the burgeoning field of observing individual molecules without the aid of fluorescent labels. While these labels are useful in many ...
May 30, 2024 — The eyes of raptors such as eagles can accurately perceive prey from kilometers away. Is it possible to model the camera technology after the bird's eyes? Researchers developed a new type of ...
May 30, 2024 — Lenses are used to bend and focus light. Normal lenses rely on their curved shape to achieve this effect, but physicists have made a flat lens of only three atoms thick which relies on quantum ...
May 30, 2024 — Growing concern about data theft and counterfeiting has inspired increasingly sophisticated security technologies, like hologram seals, that can help verify the authenticity of currency, passports ...
May 29, 2024 — Advances in electrochromic coatings may bring us closer to environmentally friendly ways to keep inside spaces cool. Like eyeglasses that darken to provide sun protection, the optical properties of ...
May 29, 2024 — A new study may help redefine how scientists map the surface of the Moon, making the process more streamlined and precise than ever ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have managed to generate propagating spin waves at the nanoscale and discovered a novel pathway to modulate and amplify them. Their discovery could pave the way for the development of ...
May 24, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new technique to view living mammalian cells. The team used a powerful laser, called a soft X-ray free electron laser, to emit ultrafast pulses of illumination at the ...
May 24, 2024 — Many of today's quantum devices rely on collections of qubits, also called spins. These quantum bits have only two energy levels, the '0' and the '1'. However, spins in real ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Monday, June 10, 2024
- Researchers Engineer New Approach for Controlling Thermal Emission
- Researchers Demonstrate the First Chip-Based 3D Printer
- 'Quantum Optical Antennas' Provide More Powerful Measurements on the Atomic Level
Friday, June 7, 2024
- Perturbations Simplify the Study of 'super Photons'
- With Programmable Pixels, Novel Sensor Improves Imaging of Neural Activity
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
- Observing Ultrafast Photoinduced Dynamics in a Halogen-Bonded Supramolecular System
- Shining a Light on Molecules: L-Shaped Metamaterials Can Control Light Direction
Monday, June 3, 2024
- Traffic Speeds Decrease When Bike Lane Is Present
- Development of Revolutionary Color-Tunable Photonic Devices
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- Scientists Develop Most Sensitive Way to Observe Single Molecules
- Innovative Bird-Eye-Inspired Camera Developed for Enhanced Object Detection
- The Thinnest Lens on Earth, Enabled by Excitons
- New Anti-Counterfeit Technique Packs Two Light-Reactive Images Into One Material
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Electrochromic Films -- Like Sunglasses for Your Windows?
- New Technique Offers More Precise Maps of the Moon's Surface
- Study Is Step Towards Energy-Efficient Quantum Computing in Magnets
Friday, May 24, 2024
- Observing Mammalian Cells With Superfast Soft X-Rays
- More Than Spins: Exploring Uncharted Territory in Quantum Devices
- Innovative Material for Sustainable Building
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Renewable Grid: Recovering Electricity from Heat Storage Hits 44% Efficiency
- New Discoveries About the Nature of Light Could Improve Methods for Heating Fusion Plasma
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Scientists Learn How to Control Muscles With Light
- Streamlined Microcomb Design Provides Control With the Flip of a Switch
Monday, May 20, 2024
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Ion Irradiation Offers Promise for 2D Material Probing
- Magnetic Imprint on Deconfined Nuclear Matter
- Diamond Glitter: A Play of Colors With Artificial DNA Crystals
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Studying Bubbles Can Lead to More Efficient Biofuel Motors
- Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Boost Image Quality of Metalens Camera
- A Simple Quantum Internet With Significant Possibilities
- Bio-Based Resins Could Offer Recyclable Future for 3D Printing
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Speedy, Secure, Sustainable -- That's the Future of Telecom
- Metalens Expands Its Reach from Light to Sound
- Scientists Create an 'optical Conveyor Belt' For Quasiparticles
Monday, May 13, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- Good Vibrations: New Tech May Lead to Smaller, More Powerful Wireless Devices
- Researchers Harness Blurred Light to 3D Print High Quality Optical Components
- Discover Optimal Conditions for Mass Production of Ultraviolet Holograms
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Researchers 'unzip' 2D Materials With Lasers
- Tiny Displacements, Giant Changes in Optical Properties
Friday, May 3, 2024
- New Quantum Sensing Scheme Could Lead to Enhanced High-Precision Nanoscopic Techniques
- Tweaking Isotopes Sheds Light on Promising Approach to Engineer Semiconductors
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- Physicists Arrange Atoms in Extremely Close Proximity
- Path to Easier Recycling of Solar Modules
- New Sensor Detects Errors in MRI Scans
- Unveiling a Polarized World -- In a Single Shot
- This Highly Reflective Black Paint Makes Objects More Visible to Autonomous Cars
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- New Technology Makes 3D Microscopes Easier to Use, Less Expensive to Manufacture
- Lead-Vacancy Centers in Diamond as Building Blocks for Large-Scale Quantum Networks
Monday, April 29, 2024
- Laser Imaging Could Offer Early Detection for at-Risk Artwork
- Atomic Nucleus Excited With Laser: A Breakthrough After Decades
- Physicists Show That Light Can Generate Electricity Even in Translucent Materials
- Speeding Up Spectroscopic Analysis
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Imaging Technique Shows New Details of Peptide Structures
- More Efficient Molecular Motor Widens Potential Applications
- Researchers Advance Detection of Gravitational Waves to Study Collisions of Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- How Light Can Vaporize Water Without the Need for Heat
- Holographic Displays Offer a Glimpse Into an Immersive Future
- Biophysics: Testing How Well Biomarkers Work
- High-Resolution Lidar Sees Birth Zone of Cloud Droplets
- A Novel Universal Light-Based Technique to Control Valley Polarization in Bulk Materials
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
- Gentle Defibrillation for the Heart
- Unlocking Spin Current Secrets: A New Milestone in Spintronics
- Perfecting the View on a Crystal's Imperfection
Monday, April 22, 2024
- Switching Off the Light to See Better
- 2D Materials Rotate Light Polarization
- Superradiant Atoms Could Push the Boundaries of How Precisely Time Can Be Measured
Friday, April 19, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Photonic Computation With Sound Waves
- Quantum Electronics: Charge Travels Like Light in Bilayer Graphene
- Crucial Connection for 'quantum Internet' Made for the First Time
Monday, April 15, 2024
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Quantum Breakthrough When Light Makes Materials Magnetic
- Breakthrough for Next-Generation Digital Displays
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Will the Convergence of Light and Matter in Janus Particles Transcend Performance Limitations in the Optical Display Industry?
- New Four-Terminal Tandem Organic Solar Cell Achieves 16.94% Power Conversion Efficiency
Friday, April 5, 2024
- Innovative Sensing Platform Unlocks Ultrahigh Sensitivity in Conventional Sensors
- Kerr-Enhanced Optical Spring for Next-Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Sunrise to Sunset, New Window Coating Blocks Heat -- Not View
- Biofilm-Resistant Glass for Marine Environments
- 100 Kilometers of Quantum-Encrypted Transfer
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Artificial Intelligence Boosts Super-Resolution Microscopy
- Study Unlocks the Power of Visible Light for Sustainable Chemistry
- An Innovative Mixed Light Field Technique for Immersive Projection Mapping
- Can Metalens Be Commercialized at a Fraction of the Cost?
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- More Efficient TVs, Screens and Lighting
- A Tiny Spot Leads to a Large Advancement in Nano-Processing, Researchers Reveal