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Innovative Vector Polarizer Could Generate New Customized Polarized Light

Majority of the optical systems—such as microscopes, sunglasses, laser machining, LCD screens, microprocessors, and so on—function based on a light filtering technology known as vector polarizers.

14 Dec 2017

Researchers Demonstrate Rapid Data Transfer Using Ultraviolet-B Light

High-speed communication systems based on ultraviolet radiation are presently in sight.

12 Dec 2017

New Nanoscale Structure can Provide Full and Unprecedented Control over Light Localization

A recent research work on three-dimensional topological insulators was recognized as one of the most promising developments in photonics in 2017 by Optics & Photonics News. These structures can control light with no losses due to material defects and absorption, making them a potential candidate for applications in communication networks, optical computers, lasers, and antennas.

4 Dec 2017

Physicists Build Space-Time Sensor to Observe Light-Matter Interactions

An attosecond electron microscope has been developed by physicists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich, which allows them to visualize the dispersion of light in time and space, and witness the motions of electrons in atoms.

1 Dec 2017

Researchers Bring Optical Computing a Step Closer Reality

Researchers have paved the way for computers that run on light rather than electronics by forcing light to pass through a smaller gap than ever before.

1 Dec 2017

Scientists Move One Step Closer to Developing Innovative LED Light Source

Since anxiety about changing over to green energy by adapting to renewables and electric vehicles is mounting globally, the energy that we expend, or rather that we do not expend, is as significant as the produced renewable energy.

20 Nov 2017

Diagnosing Tumors and Other Pathologies by Adopting Microspectroscopy

Very similar to the way chemical compositions and mechanical characteristics are basically significant in buildings, the cells constituting living organisms have various disparate characteristics and shapes based their state and function.

17 Nov 2017

Researchers Succeed in Concealing Optical Chip Rendering It Invisible

A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have accomplished a breakthrough in controlling light to render an object, such as an optical chip, invisible.

14 Nov 2017

Research Shows Light’s Path Length is Same in Clear and Opaque Liquids

Imagine the outcome of light passing through a glass containing milk. When the light enters the milk, it is scattered in an erratic manner by innumerable tiny particles and then leaves the glass. The effect gives milk its white color.

13 Nov 2017

Researchers Create New Method for Developing Photonic Devices

Scientists at MIT and several other institutions have created a method for developing photonic devices — similar to electronic devices but based on light instead of electricity — that can stretch and bend without damage.

8 Nov 2017