Optics

Method could lead to advances in fighting fires, creating cleaner engines and even space travelCredit: UCF: Karen Norum The inside of a fire might be the last place one would explore, but a new University of Central Florida method to do…

3D printing of chalcogenide glass could enable low-cost manufacturing of complex optical components for telecom and sensing applications WASHINGTON -- For the first time, researchers have successfully 3D printed chalcogenide glass, a…

Researchers at Osaka University meticulously measured the optical birefringence of highly aligned cellulose nanofibers, paving the way for sharper television, computer, and smartphone screensCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - A…

For years, researchers have pursued a strange phenomenon: When you hit an ultra-thin magnet with a laser, it suddenly de-magnetizes. Imagine the magnet on your refrigerator falling off. Now, scientists at CU Boulder are digging into how…

Credit: Pengfei Zhang, Lei Li, and Lihong V. Wang Photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) is a non-invasive hybrid imaging technique that excites biological tissues with light and detects the subsequently generated ultrasound to form…

The new phonon laser could lead to breakthroughs in sensing and information processing The optical laser has grown to a $10 billion global technology market since it was invented in 1960, and has led to Nobel prizes for Art Ashkin for…

Results inform efforts by OSA and SPIE to work together on policies aimed at eliminating harassment WASHINGTON, D.C. and BELLINGHAM, Wash. - In a new professional conduct survey jointly commissioned by The Optical Society (OSA) and SPIE,…

Credit: Dusan Kolarski, University of Groningen Scientists from the University of Groningen have succeeded in incorporating a light-controlled switch into a molecule used by bacteria for quorum sensing - a process by which bacteria…

New technique doubles resolution of angular size measurementsCredit: DESY, Lucid Berlin Using the unique capabilities of telescopes specialised on cosmic gamma rays, scientists have measured the smallest apparent size of a star on…

A new type of light-emitting diode has been developed at TU Wien. Light is produced from the radiative decay of exciton complexes in layers of just a few atoms thickness.Credit: TU Wien When particles bond in free space, they…