Whether in photosynthesis or in a photovoltaic system: if you want to use light efficiently, you have to absorb it as completely as possible. However, this is difficult if the absorption is to take place in a thin layer of ...
Optics & Photonics
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Since the 17th century, when Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens first debated the nature of light, scientists have been puzzling over whether light is best viewed as a wave or a particle—or perhaps, at the quantum level, ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 21, 2023
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A patented breakthrough by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology improves the efficiency of organic photovoltaic cells by 50 percent, and could someday provide a huge boost for the viability of solar ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 22, 2016
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They may be tiny weapons, but Brigham Young University's holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers—green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally—with actual luminous beams rising from them.
Optics & Photonics
May 7, 2021
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Scientists have developed a camera that can see through the human body. The camera is designed to help doctors track medical tools known as endoscopes that are used to investigate a range of internal conditions.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 4, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The study, by researchers from Imperial College London, involves a new class of materials called metamaterials, which can be artificially engineered to distort light or sound waves. With conventional materials, ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 16, 2010
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By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to unlock clues about the particles that make up our universe.
General Physics
Apr 3, 2020
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Researchers have discovered in two-dimensional conductive systems a new effect that promises improved performance of terahertz detectors.
Optics & Photonics
May 23, 2022
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A team of researchers from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has observed branched flow of light for the very first time. The findings are published in Nature and are featured on the cover of the July 2, 2020 ...
General Physics
Jul 2, 2020
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Quick bursts of laser light, lasting less than a trillionth of a second, are used in a range of applications today. These ultrashort laser pulses have allowed scientists to observe chemical reactions in real-time, image delicate ...
Optics & Photonics
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