A new telescope technology—measuring just 6 millimeters (0.24 inches) in diameter—could improve how future space missions ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a tiny optical component ...

The terahertz (THz) frequency regime, sitting between microwaves and infrared light, has long promised revolutionary advances ...

Researchers have developed a compact quantum detector that makes terahertz radiation much easier to detect. A specially ...

The terahertz (THz) band of the electromagnetic spectrum holds immense promise for next-generation technologies, including high-speed wireless communication, advanced encryption, and medical imaging.

A new method of distinguishing chiral molecules could eventually detect distortions inside quantum and soft materials, find ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Light carries information in its wavelength, wavevector direction, polarization, and the way it bends through materials. Until now, optical data storage has typically used just ...

Metalenz metasurfaces are now on the market through its partnership with STMicroelectronics, marking the introduction of this revolutionary optical technology in real-world devices Metalenz’s ...

All-optical computing provides a promising route to real-time, energy-efficient image processing by performing computations directly with light. However, conventional optical processors are often ...

Researchers have developed a single metasurface that can effectively tune the different properties of laser light, including wavelength, without the need of additional optical components. The ...