Over the past decades, engineers have introduced numerous technologies that rely on light and its underlying characteristics.

A team of researchers from the Center for Research and Innovation in Metamaterials at the University of Exeter and the Laser Processing Group at the Institute of Optics have presented in the journal ...

Physicists present a nanometer-sized light antenna with electrically modulated surface properties -- a breakthrough that could pave the way for faster computer chips. Physicists from Würzburg present ...

A silicon-lithium niobate metasurface controls light through air at gigahertz speeds, advancing compact systems for optical communication and signal routing. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical systems that ...

In the realm of high repetition rate lasers, Pockels cells emerge as quintessential components, wielding significant influence over laser performance and functionality. These electro-optic devices, ...

The transition from an engulfed autonomous unicellular photosynthetic bacterium to a semiautonomous endosymbiont plastid was accompanied by the transfer of genetic material from the endosymbiont to ...