Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different ...

Controlling light is an important technological challenge—not just at the large scale of optics in microscopes and telescopes ...

Atomic, molecular and optical physics lies at the intersection of quantum mechanics and electromagnetic theory, providing the fundamental framework for our understanding of matter and light.

Light is usually described using quantum mechanics when phenomena like entanglement enter the picture. But a new paper shows ...

With an applied physics: optics degree, you’ll gain specialized expertise in optics, preparing you for diverse career opportunities in technology, research, and academia. Become who you’re meant to be ...

Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...

Glass nanostructures etched using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses promise to keep vast quantities of data safe for billions of years, describe Peter Kazansky, Ausra Cerkauskaite and Rokas ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Electronics are increasingly being paired with optical systems, such as when accessing the internet on an electronically run computer through fiber optic cables. But meshing ...

A method of optically selecting and sorting nanoparticles according to their quantum mechanical properties has been developed by researchers in Japan. The method could prove a crucial tool for makers ...

Fiber optic technology is the holy grail of high-speed, long-distance telecommunications. Still, with the continuing exponential growth of internet traffic, researchers are warning of a capacity ...

A research team has developed a new way to measure and predict how plant leaves scatter and reflect light, revealing that ...