Topological control of chirality and spin with structured light
Concept of spin-orbit interactions driven by beam topology Before demonstrating how topological structuring enables SOI in paraxial light,…
Continuing To Advance European High Contrast Imaging Research And Development Towards HWO And LIFE
Artist’s impression of the LIFE nulling-interferometry mission, consisting of four collector spacecraft in a rectangular array configuration sending…
Scientists create tornado of light to power lasers, quantum devices
Light usually travels in straight lines, but what if it could twist, spiral, and behave like a miniature…
Single-shot, reference-less computational wavefront sensing for complex optical fields
Hardy, J. W. Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195090192.001.0001 (Oxford University Press, 1998). Wang, K. et al. Direct…
Sub-1-volt, reconfigurable Gires-Tournois resonators for full-coloured monopixel array
Concept of reconfigurable Gires-Tournois monopixels Reflective displays offer a compact and efficient design, leveraging external light without an…
New optical method bypasses light’s limit by 100,000× to image atoms
For over a century, light has both helped and limited our view of the tiny world. Microscopes use…
New US laser technology could unlock 100,000-qubit quantum computers
Researchers in the US have developed a new technique that could allow quantum computers to scale to well…
A Radical New Camera Focuses on Everything and Everywhere — All at Once
Credit: ZME Science/Carnegie Mellon University, Sankaranarayanan et al, 2025. For more than a hundred years, cameras have shared…
High-efficiency broadband active metasurfaces via reversible metal electrodeposition
Pendry, J. B., Schurig, D. & Smith, D. R. Controlling electromagnetic fields. Science 312, 1780–1782 (2006). Article ADS …
Scientists Use Novel Materials That Mimic Wormholes and Multiple Realities to “Transcend the Limitations of Physical Dimensions”
In Erwin Schrödinger’s most famous thought experiment, a cat is seemingly able to be alive and dead simultaneously,…
Photoswitchable exceptional points derived from bound states in the continuum
The temporal coupled mode theory (TCMT) is a valuable tool for describing the underlying physics of such open…
Ezee Fiber Starts $400M Statewide Expansion in Kent | News
Ezee Fiber, a 100% fiber-optic internet provider, has officially connected its first customer in Kent, marking the company’s…