An optical fiber as thin as a strand of hair holds promise for use in minimally invasive deep-tissue studies of patients' brains that show the effects Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders. The research could set ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 30, 2022
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A team led by researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, with collaborators from the University of Pretoria (South Africa), as well as Mexico and Scotland, have made a new discovery ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 24, 2022
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Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images by manipulating the direction in which light travels through them.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 20, 2022
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While quantum computers represent a revolution in computation, they can't communicate with each other the way regular computers can—over the internet. If quantum computers could be connected through a quantum network, they ...
Quantum Physics
May 5, 2022
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Researchers at Tampere University have successfully developed a novel optical fiber design allowing the generation of rainbow laser light in the molecular fingerprint electromagnetic region. This new optical fiber with a ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 26, 2022
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Oxford University researchers have developed a sensor made of sapphire fiber that can tolerate extreme temperatures, with the potential to enable significant improvements in efficiency and emission reduction in aerospace ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 21, 2022
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A team of researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has conducted the first experimental observation of the branched flow of spatially incoherent light—in this case, using liquid dish soap. In their paper published ...
A NASA-funded team led by SMU researchers think that their small, lightweight device developed to measure spaceship velocity will improve the odds of successful landings on Mars and other planets.
Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2022
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Optical frequency combs have changed science and technology as we know it. Responsible for measuring things like infrared and ultraviolet light, greenhouse gases, atomic clocks, and disease, optical frequency combs act as ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 18, 2022
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How much the ground moves during an earthquake strongly depends on properties of rock and soil just beneath Earth's surface. Modeling studies suggest that ground shaking is amplified in sedimentary basins, on which populated ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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