Reliably tracking and manipulating the mammalian nervous system in laboratory or clinical settings allows neuroscientists to test their hypotheses, which may in turn lead to new important discoveries.

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...

Schematic of the planar device for producing dark- field speckle patterns. (Image from USTC). Credit: Douguo Zhang et al. Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) have ...

A new optical device allows researchers to generate and switch between two stable, donut-shaped light patterns called ...

Researchers at Boston University and Boston Medical Center recently developed a new noninvasive optical method that tracks ...

Lithium niobate has emerged as a cornerstone material in advanced photonic technologies, owing to its exceptional electro‐optic coefficients, wide optical transparency and strong nonlinear properties.

A new "lensless" device could help, as it uses light to instantly detect harmful microorganisms. Usually, in order to check drinking water for bacteria, a sample of that water must be cultured in a ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending spacetime, creating a point of no return. While black holes have fascinated ...

It may seem at times that there is a divide between the optical/photonic domain and the RF one, with the terahertz zone between them as a demarcation. If you need to make a transition between the ...

Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending spacetime, creating a point of no return. While black holes have fascinated ...