Controlling light at dimensions thousands of times smaller than the thickness of a human hair is one of the pillars of modern ...

Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...

A tiny optical device built into a silicon chip has achieved the slowest light propagation on a chip to date, reducing the speed of light by a factor of 1,200 in a study reported in Nature Photonics ...

Scientists have developed an ingenious method to create and control ultra-confined light waves, a significant step towards ...

Imagine shrinking light down to the size of a tiny water molecule, unlocking a world of quantum possibilities. This has been a long-held dream in the realms of light science and technology. Recent ...

However, achieving three-dimensional confinement of light in a way that allows for precise control and manipulation has remained a challenging frontier. Previous attempts have often been limited to ...

A research team has developed a new way to measure and predict how plant leaves scatter and reflect light, revealing that ...

Properties that remain unchanged when materials are stretched or bent, which are broadly referred to as topological ...

Motors and gear trains with micrometer dimensions and powered by light are fabricated using semiconductor lithography and ...

A new method predicts leaf optical properties from traits, improving canopy light modeling and photosynthesis estimates in ...