Argonne and Northwestern University scientists teamed up to understand how light interacts with metallic nanoframes, with implications for biosensing, quantum information science and beyond.

Scientists have found a way to trap light in an extremely thin layer, potentially reshaping how future photonic devices are ...

Scientists at Harvard have built a miniature device that can twist and tune light in real time. By rotating two stacked ...

Researchers have built a new platform that produces ultrashort UV-C laser pulses and detects them at room temperature using atom-thin materials. The light flashes last just femtoseconds and can be ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, researchers have captured quantum uncertainty in real time using ultrafast pulses of light. Nearly a century after Werner Heisenberg proposed the uncertainty ...

Amici direct vision prism. Image by D-Kuru. CC BY-SA 3.0 Amici direct vision prism. Image by D-Kuru. CC BY-SA 3.0 Scientists have developed a new platform that produces ultrashort UV-C laser pulses ...

Optical frequency combs are specially designed lasers that act like rulers to accurately and rapidly measure specific frequencies of light. They can be used to detect and identify chemicals and ...

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS Silicon photonics (SiPh) is an established platform for realizing complex and powerful PICs. Leveraging the high ...

Stanford researchers have combined two microscopy techniques to create a one-of-a-kind instrument that can show cell structures interacting in real time at an unprecedented 120-nanometer ...

Highly anticipated: Scientists at the University of Arizona have demonstrated a method to capture and manipulate quantum uncertainty in real time using rapid pulses of light, marking what they ...