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Optics & Photonics Sep 12, 2019

Metasurface holograms: Fast, compact polarization measurements for spectroscopy and sensing

For the first time, researchers have used ultra-thin layers of 2-D structures known as metasurfaces to create holograms that can measure the polarization of light. The new metasurface holograms could be used to create very ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 27, 2019

Computational approach speeds up advanced microscopy imaging

Researchers have developed a way to enhance the imaging speed of two-photon microscopy up to five times without compromising resolution. This record-fast imaging speed will allow scientists to observe biological phenomena ...

Nanophysics Aug 20, 2019

Researchers realize world's thinnest optical hologram with 2-D material monolayer

Missouri S&T researchers are demonstrating a new concept to reconstruct holographic images by using a single two-dimensional material monolayer with the thickness of less than one nanometer. Their work could lead to the creation ...

Astronomy Jul 1, 2019

3-D holograms bringing astronomy to life

Scientists working on unravelling the mysteries of star cluster formation have found an innovative way of sharing their work with the general public. Taking inspiration from a 19th century magic trick, researchers from the ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 12, 2019

Researchers discover new nanoparticles with exclusively lateral light scattering

An international team of physicists has produced first evidence of particles capable of scattering light in a lateral direction by suppressing forward and backward scattering. The researchers studied the physics behind this ...

Quantum Physics May 28, 2019

Researchers demonstrate constraints on symmetries from holography

A pair of researchers, one at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and another at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Tokyo, have recently investigated a set of old conjectures about ...

Optics & Photonics May 22, 2019

'Metasurfaces' that manipulate light at tiny scales could find uses in consumer technology

Most of us know optical lenses as curved, transparent pieces of plastic or glass, designed to focus light for microscopes, spectacles, cameras, and more. For the most part, a lens' curved shape has not changed much since ...

General Physics May 15, 2019

Holographic imaging of electromagnetic fields using electron-light quantum interference

In conventional holography a photographic film can record the interference pattern of monochromatic light scattered from the object to be imaged with a reference beam of un-scattered light. Scientists can then illuminate ...

General Physics May 7, 2019

Academics show how to create a spotlight of sound with LEGO-like bricks

Academics have created devices capable of manipulating sound in the same way as light—creating exciting new opportunities in entertainment and public communication.

Optics & Photonics May 6, 2019

New holographic technique opens the way for quantum computation

Photography measures how much light of different color hits the photographic film. However, light is also a wave, and is therefore characterized by the phase. Phase specifies the position of a point within the wave cycle ...

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