Over the past decades, engineers have introduced numerous technologies that rely on light and its underlying characteristics. These include photonic and quantum systems that could advance imaging, ...

Understanding how chemical reactions happen on tiny crystals in liquid solutions is central to a variety of fields, including materials synthesis and heterogeneous catalysis, but obtaining such an ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new chip-based beam steering technology that provides a promising route to small, cost-effective and high-performance lidar (or light detection and ranging) ...

The ability to measure microgram and milligram masses with extremely high accuracy is often critical in pharmaceutical and chemical industries. This design combines a pickup head from a compact-disc ...

3M and US Conec have entered a strategic licensing agreement for 3M Expanded Beam Optical Interconnect technology, enhancing scalability in data centers. 3M's Expanded Beam Optical Interconnect offers ...

Researchers demonstrated a new type of optical manipulation: using laser light to pull a macroscopic object. The technology has potential for applications in the continued explorations of Mars.

Researchers created an optical system that encrypts information as a hologram that is scrambled when sent through a small container of liquid and then uses a neural network for decryption. WASHINGTON ...