Optics & Photonics
Oct 18, 2016
Full-circle viewing: 360-degree electronic holographic display
Princess Leia, your Star Wars hologram moment may be redeemed.
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General Physics
Oct 14, 2016
Lego-like wall produces acoustic holograms
Research Triangle engineers have developed a simple, energy-efficient way to create three-dimensional acoustic holograms. The technique could revolutionize applications ranging from home stereo systems to medical ultrasound ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 14, 2016
Researchers develop projection-type holographic 3-D display technology
NICT has developed a new projection-type see-through holographic 3-D display technology combining an optical screen of a digitally designed holographic optical element (DDHOE) and a digital holographic projection technique. ...
Nanophysics
Oct 13, 2016
Researchers create 3-D full-color holographic images with nanomaterials
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are creating a new approach to reconstruct 3-D full-color holographic images by using just one layer of nanoscale metallic film. This work has a huge potential ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 12, 2016
Sony tapping virtual reality with PlayStation headset
Sony is set to launch its new virtual reality headset, joining Facebook, Samsung and Google in a market that analysts say could boost the global gaming sector.
Superconductivity
Oct 6, 2016
Solving a cryptic puzzle with a little help from a hologram
A recent discovery published in Nature Physics provides an innovative technique for calculating the shapes of electrons. This finding will help scientists gain a better and faster understanding of the properties of complex ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 30, 2016
Optical forces used to make rewritable 3-D holographic materials
(Phys.org)—Researchers have used the pressure of light—also called optical forces or sometimes "tractor beams"—to create a new type of rewritable, dynamic 3D holographic material. Unlike other 3D holographic materials, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 28, 2016
Trapping single atoms in a uniform fashion
Single neutral atoms trapped individually in optical microtraps are incredibly useful tools for studying quantum physics, as the atoms then exist in complete isolation from the environment. Arrays of optical microtraps containing ...
General Physics
Sep 22, 2016
Shaping sound waves in 3-D could be useful for medical ultrasound applications
Sound can now be structured in three dimensions. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the University of Stuttgart have found a way of generating acoustic holograms, which could improve ultrasound ...
General Physics
Sep 21, 2016
'Schroedinger's cat' molecules give rise to exquisitely detailed movies
One of the most famous mind-twisters of the quantum world is the thought experiment known as "Schroedinger's Cat," in which a cat placed in a box and potentially exposed to poison is simultaneously dead and alive until someone ...
