News tagged with layer optical

Chemically assembled metamaterials may lead to superlenses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanomanufacturing technology has enabled scientists to create metamaterials -- stuff that never existed in nature -- with unusual optical properties. They could lead to "superlenses" able ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New scientific research reveals diamonds aren't forever

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in the US journal Optical Materials Express this week, Macquarie University researchers show that even the earth's hardest naturally occurring material, the diamond, is not ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Singapore researchers invent broadband graphene polarizer

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have invented a graphene-based polarizer that can broaden the bandwidth of prevailing optical fiber-based telecommunication systems.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanoscale waveguide for future photonics

The creation of a new quasiparticle called the "hybrid plasmon polariton" may throw open the doors to integrated photonic circuits and optical computing for the 21st century. Researchers with the U.S. Department ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Paging Han Solo: Researchers find more efficient way to steer laser beams

For many practical applications involving lasers, it's important to be able to control the direction of the laser beams. Just ask Han Solo, or the captain of the Death Star. Researchers from North Carolina State University ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 8 | with audio podcast

From butterflies' wings to bank notes -- how nature's colors could cut bank fraud

Scientists have discovered a way of mimicking the stunningly bright and beautiful colours found on the wings of tropical butterflies. The findings could have important applications in the security printing ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Stacking the deck: Single photons observed at seemingly faster-than-light speeds

Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland at College Park, can speed up photons (particles of light) ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (18) | comments 2 | with audio podcast