Optics is playing a key role in nearly every modern diagnostic advance, and devices that rely on optics are extensively used for medical research, diagnostics and treatment. Shanghai Optics is proud ...

What is claimed to be "the first ever integrated nanoscale device that can be programmed with either photons or electrons" has been developed by scientists in Harish Bhaskaran's Advanced Nanoscale ...

Liquid crystal optics and devices represent a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field that combines the unique properties of liquid crystalline materials with advanced optical engineering. These ...

Stanford engineers debuted a new framework introducing computational tools and self-reflective AI assistants, potentially ...

Optical microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are tiny microchip-size devices that control light and communications. Separately, time-resolved X-ray probes are devices that help scientists study ...

Using the optical properties of a material to manipulate light signals is called light modulation, a method widely used in optical communication. In a groundbreaking study, a group of scientists has ...

The researchers in a recent breakthrough have developed revolutionary and full-scale prototype instrumentation FROSTI, also known as FROnt Surface Type Irradiator, that promises a major performance ...

Researchers at Michigan Tech have mapped a noise-reducing magneto-optical response that occurs in fiber-optic communications, opening the door for new materials technologies. Optical signals produced ...

Medical device designers are at the forefront of a technological renaissance. From wearable monitors and implantable sensors to lab-on-a-chip (LoC) diagnostics, today's medical innovations are more ...

A collaborative team has developed a new way to create magnetic optical materials, one that removes a long-standing design ...