In the three decades since CERN made Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web freely and openly available to everyone, we’ve got used to exchanging extraordinary amounts of data. One way of keeping up with ...

Cameras are everywhere. For over two centuries, these devices have grown increasingly popular and proven to be so useful, ...

A new study has successfully demonstrated the confinement of terahertz (THz) light to nanoscale dimensions using a new type ...

Discover how optical fibres can revolutionize AI computing with speed, efficiency, and accuracy using the physics of light.

Due to come online later this year and packed with state-of-the-art optics, Advanced LIGO is aiming for a direct detection of gravitational waves that will open a new window on the universe, say Iain ...

In Cambridge, Mass, last week, members of the American Physical Society and of the Optical Society of America were given a first look at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s new spectroscopic ...

A research team has successfully developed a novel platform for reconfigurable nonlinear optics based on ion-doped ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals (FNLCs). This allows for precise control over ...

Researchers have found a clever way to make quantum dots, tiny light-emitting crystals, produce streams of perfectly controlled photons without relying on expensive, complex electronics. By using a ...

Geometric optics is a confusing subject for many physics students, who often first encounter the subject in introductory college physics classes. Traditional instruction in geometric optics is not as ...

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 ...