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“Optically Pumped” Laser Could Lead to Faster Micro-Processing Speed at Lower Cost

Major enhancements have been made to a novel kind of laser to increase processing speed at a lower cost.

14 Feb 2018

Metasurface-Augmented GRIN Lenses Produce Perfect Color Images

Multiple, heavy lenses are often required to produce perfect color images, as these optical devices allow each color to focus on precisely the same plane.

14 Feb 2018

Physicists Perform First Ever Radiation Reaction in Lab

Scientists have unearthed dynamics superior to “classical” physics and look similar to quantum effects, by striking electrons with an ultra-intense laser.

8 Feb 2018

Metal-Organic Frameworks Used to Create Optical Ceramic

Ceramic, a poly-crystalline monolith sintered by inorganic, non-metallic crystallites, is typically opaque because of voids, defects and birefringence.

8 Feb 2018

Tiny Optical Antennas Designed Using DNA as Guide

Fabrication method integrates programmable DNA origami shapes and conventional lithography approaches to develop metallic nanoantennas and chiral shapes.

5 Feb 2018

Significant Breakthrough in Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration

Researchers used plastic beads as targets to produce proton bunches with distinctive characteristics, opening up new prospects for future research work.

1 Feb 2018

VTT Develops a New Optics Solution for Thermal Infrared Applications

VTT has developed a solution for thermal infrared applications, enabling the possibility to fold a 360-degree panoramic view on a single sensor matrix.

30 Jan 2018

Reported Efficiency Improvement in Optical Rectennas

Researchers have reported a two-fold efficiency enhancement in optical rectennas and have switched to diode materials that are stable in air.

29 Jan 2018

Researchers Create 3D Images that Hover in 'Thin Air'

In a recently published paper, researchers detail the potential technique formulated to create a 3D image projection, previously only seen in fiction.

26 Jan 2018

Sound Waves Used to Enhance Optical Communication

Sound waves can be used to create ultraminiature optical diodes; minute enough to fit onto a computer chip. This may develop future optical communications.

24 Jan 2018