In a famous parable, three blind men encounter an elephant for the first time. Each touches a part—the trunk, ear, or side—and concludes the creature is a thick snake, fan, or wall. This elephant, said Kang-Kuen Ni, is ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2020
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New ground-breaking research from the University of Surrey could change the way scientists understand and describe lasers—establishing a new relationship between classical and quantum physics.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 10, 2020
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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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To the general public, lasers heat objects. And generally, that would be correct.
Condensed Matter
Jun 23, 2020
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We've all experienced turbulent air and water, but did you know light can be turbulent too?
Optics & Photonics
Jun 17, 2020
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Nestled in the constellation Taurus, a spectacle of swirling cosmic gasses measuring half a dozen lightyears across glows in shades of emerald and auburn. The Crab Nebula was born of a supernova, the explosion of a giant ...
Astronomy
Jun 16, 2020
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How do you stop something that is faster than anything else, intangible and always in motion by nature? A team led by physicists Dr. Thorsten Peters and Professor Thomas Halfmann is doing the seemingly impossible: stopping ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 16, 2020
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new way of calculating simple holograms for heads-up displays (HUDs) and near-eye displays (NEDs). The method is up to 56 times faster than conventional algorithms ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 8, 2020
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UC Santa Barbara researchers continue to push the boundaries of LED design a little further with a new method that could pave the way toward more efficient and versatile LED display and lighting technology.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 3, 2020
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An international team of researchers has announced the development of the world's most compact semiconductor laser that works in the visible range at room temperature. According to the authors of the research, the laser is ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 3, 2020
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