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Revolutionizing 3D vision: How miniaturized snapshot polarization imaging is transforming depth sensing
Capturing precise 3D details with a single camera has long been a challenge. Traditional methods often require complex dual-camera setups or specialized lighting conditions that are impractical for real-world applications. ...
'Superhuman vision': Powerful 3D imaging technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking
Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the entertainment industry, scientific research, medical and behavioral sciences, automotive driving ...
Optics & Photonics
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Quantum imaging method developed for enhanced image clarity
For decades, quantum imaging has promised sharper images and greater light sensitivity than classical methods by exploiting the unique properties of quantum light, such as photon entanglement. But the approaches to do so ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 28, 2025
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Efficient light control: Meta-optics replace conventional lenses
Conventional curved lenses, which direct light by refraction in glass or plastic, are often bulky and heavy, offering only limited control of light waves. Metasurfaces, in contrast, are flat and consist of an array of tiny ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 28, 2025
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Liquid-crystal platform overcomes optical losses in photonic circuits
Photonic circuits, which manipulate light to perform various computational tasks, have become essential tools for a range of advanced technologies—from quantum simulations to artificial intelligence. These circuits offer ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 27, 2025
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Newly developed waveguide device protects photonic quantum computers from errors
Together with an international team of researchers from the Universities of Southern California, Central Florida, Pennsylvania State and Saint Louis, physicists from the University of Rostock have developed a novel mechanism ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 27, 2025
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Graphene-based programmable surfaces advance terahertz imaging and 6G communications
Researchers at The University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute have introduced a new class of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces capable of dynamically shaping terahertz (THz) and millimeter (mm) waves. Detailed ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 27, 2025
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Beyond ambiguous reflections: Bridging optical 3D metrology and computer vision
Accurate and robust 3D imaging of specular, or mirror-like, surfaces is crucial in fields such as industrial inspection, medical imaging, virtual reality, and cultural heritage preservation. Yet anyone who has visited a house ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 27, 2025
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Terahertz imaging reveals new views of internal cochlea structure
For the first time, researchers have shown that terahertz imaging can be used to visualize internal details of the mouse cochlea with micron-level spatial resolution. The non-invasive method could open new possibilities for ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 27, 2025
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Novel protocol enables photon entanglement without quantum measurement
Georgia Tech researchers recently proposed a method for generating quantum entanglement between photons. This method constitutes a breakthrough that has potentially transformative consequences for the future of photonics-based ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 26, 2025
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Cascaded-mode interferometer could replace beam-splitting waveguides for fiber optics
Interferometers, devices that can modulate aspects of light, play the important role of modulating and switching light signals in fiber-optic communications networks and are frequently used for gas sensing and optical computing.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 25, 2025
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Patterned spintronic emitter enables room-temperature THz polarization control for wireless and biomedical applications
Terahertz (THz) waves are located between microwaves and infrared light in the electromagnetic spectrum. They can pass through many materials without causing damage, making them useful for security scanning, medical imaging, ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 24, 2025
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Breathing-soliton laser study unveils new complexities in synchronization phenomena
An Aston University researcher has conducted the first experimental demonstration of intricate and previously theorized behaviors in the fundamental patterns that govern oscillatory systems in nature and technology.
General Physics
Mar 24, 2025
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Researchers unveil unidirectional light focusing using diffractive optics
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have unveiled a new optical technology that enables precise focusing of light—only in one direction. This novel unidirectional focusing design uses structured ...
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Mar 24, 2025
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Next-generation AI hardware: 3D photonic-electronic platform boosts efficiency and bandwidth
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems promise transformative advancements, yet their growth has been limited by energy inefficiencies and bottlenecks in data transfer. Researchers at Columbia Engineering have unveiled a groundbreaking ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 23, 2025
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Compact solid-state laser system generates 193-nm vortex beam for the first time
Deep ultraviolet (DUV) lasers, known for their high photon energy and short wavelengths, are essential in various fields such as semiconductor lithography, high-resolution spectroscopy, precision material processing, and ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 21, 2025
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Researchers capture first laser-driven, high-resolution CT scans of dense objects
A research team led by Colorado State University has achieved a new milestone in 3D X-ray imaging technology. The scientists are the first to capture high-resolution CT scans of the interior of a large, dense object—a gas ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 21, 2025
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Photon-shuttling interconnection device enables direct communication among multiple quantum processors
Quantum computers have the potential to solve complex problems that would be impossible for the most powerful classical supercomputer to crack.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 21, 2025
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Quantum sensing achieves unprecedented precision in light displacement detection
A study led by the University of Portsmouth has achieved unprecedented precision in detecting tiny shifts in light displacements at the nanoscale. This is relevant in the characterization of birefringent materials and in ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 20, 2025
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Optical tweezers reveal cell dynamics in milliseconds
Researchers will soon be able to study biological changes at scales and speeds not previously possible to significantly expand knowledge in areas such as disease progression and drug delivery.
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Mar 20, 2025
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