Optics

Rice University scientists discover delayed phenomenon in carbon nanotubesCredit: Illustration by Ching-Wei Lin/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 3, 2020) - That carbon nanotubes fluoresce is no longer a surprise. Finding a…

Credit: Timur Ermatov et al/Light: Science & Applications Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from Russia and Israel have come up with a new, simple and inexpensive method of testing liquid biological samples that can be…

Researchers pioneer a revolutionary new method to directly observe previously hidden particles, called dark excitons.Credit: OIST Heralding the end of a decade-long quest, in a promising new class of extremely thin,…

Credit: Graphic by Michael Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices - a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities. This advancement…

Credit: by Chang Li, Xuping Wang, Yang Wu, Fei Liang, Feifei Wang, Xiangyong Zhao, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang Nonlinear photonic crystals (NPCs) are transparent materials that have a spatially uniform linear susceptibility, yet a…

The microscope uses a combination of hardware and software-based adaptive optics to reconstruct object imageCredit: IBS Non-invasive microscopic techniques such as optical coherence microscopy and two-photon microscopy are…

New AI-based algorithm processes tissue oxygenation data faster and more accurately than conventional techniquesCredit: SPIE Tissue oxygenation is a measure of the oxygen level in biological tissue and is a useful clinical biomarker…

Credit: Sylvia Germes Light-induced processes are critical in transformative technologies such as solar energy harvesting, as well as in photomedicine and photoresponsive materials. Theoretical studies of the dynamics of photoinduced…

Credit: by Nazir Kherani Through the manipulation of quasiparticles known as surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) metallic nanostructures can control light at the nanoscale, confining it to ultrathin gaps and magnifying the light…

Credit: ICFO Holography is best known for its ability to produce 3D images (holograms) by recording an interference pattern of light scattered by an object with some reference wave. This simple optical experiment records the amplitude as…

The open-source system from the 3D printer delivers high-resolution images like commercial microscopes at hundreds of times the priceCredit: UC2 Modern microscopes used for biological imaging are expensive, are located in…

CAMEO algorithm identifies new compound potentially useful for photonic devices and biologically inspired computers When the words "artificial intelligence" (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots…

Credit: (Credit: Scixel. Copyright: CIC nanoGUNE BRTA) The images reveal that vibrational strong coupling can be achieved, which is a phenomenon that recently attracts wide attention for its potential use to control fundamental…

Infrared light can be used to detect molecules -- but it is hard to create strong, short laser pulses; a new solution was found at TU WienCredit: TU Wien Ordinary solid-state lasers, as used in laser pointers, generate light in the…

Researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II will use the quantum properties of x-rays to "ghost image" biomoleculesCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)…

Credit: by Zhiwei Peng, Xiaolin Chen, Yulong Fan, David J. Srolovitz, Dangyuan Lei Strain engineering usually refers to a kind of material processing technology, which aims to regulate the properties of materials or optimize…

Credit: WU Kangda et al. Led by academician Prof. GUO Guangcan from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Prof. LI Chuanfeng's group and Prof. XIANG Guoyong's group from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), CAS,…

Scientists observe directed energy transport between neighbouring molecules in a nanomaterialCredit: University of Oldenburg Whether in solar cells, in photosynthesis or in the human eye: when light falls on the material, a green…