Optics

Researchers open a new avenue to quantum computing with a breakthrough experiment: a large-scale quantum processor made entirely of lightCredit: Shota Yokoyama 2019 An international team of scientists from Australia, Japan and the United…

Researchers from DTU Physics describe in an article in Science, how -- by simple means -- they have created a 'carpet' of thousands of quantum-mechanically entangled light pulsesCredit: Jonas S. Neergaard-Nielsen Quantum mechanics is one…

Gathering the latest advancements in optical fiber telecommunications technology towards practical petabit-class backbone networksCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Points The first 1…

The graphene nanomechanical bolometer is the fastest and most sensitive in its class; It is poised to detect nearly every color of light at high speeds and obtain measurements at and far above room-temperature EUGENE, Ore. - Oct. 17, 2019…

Designs that consider color perception differences could improve LED lightingCredit: Soraa Inc., Freemont, Calif., USA WASHINGTON -- Although LEDs are increasingly used in low-energy lighting and displays, consumers sometimes find…

Research presents the detection of energy transfer from excited electrons to the crystal lattice on the femtosecond timescale. Knowledge could contribute to the development of materials that prolong the coherence timeCredit: image:…

A Moore Inventor Fellowship is supporting a Duke engineer in her quest to develop a small, inexpensive hyperspectral cameraCredit: Jon Stewart, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Maiken Mikkelsen wants to change the world by…

Credit: SUTD & SUSTech With increasing demand for miniaturization of optoelectronics, microlens array has attracted significant attention and become an important micro-optics device widely used in compact imaging, sensing,…

Researchers discover a way to make electron microscopy more detailed and precise by visualizing the activation of brain circuits over long distancesCredit: Credit: Keun-Young Kim/UC San Diego LA JOLLA--(October 15, 2019) In recent decades,…

Rice University scientists discover how plasmons amplify electroluminescenceCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 14, 2019) - Rice University scientists have found revealing information where light from a…