Physicists and chemists at Heidelberg University have realized a photonic microchip that is driven by light just as easily as ...

With an applied physics: optics degree, you’ll gain specialized expertise in optics, preparing you for diverse career opportunities in technology, research, and academia. Become who you’re meant to be ...

Shara Tibken was a managing editor at CNET News, overseeing a team covering tech policy, EU tech, mobile and the digital divide. She previously covered mobile as a senior reporter at CNET and also ...

In this Physics World Focus on Optics & Photonics you’ll find an interview with the healthcare photonics lead at the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation, and a report on a pan-European effort to ...

Mini-MOT: A new miniaturized optical system for laser cooling atoms in a magneto-optical trap, or MOT. (Courtesy: NIST) The magneto-optical trap, or MOT, is the workhorse of cold-atom physics. Without ...

Scientists at the X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL have realized a long-pursued experimental goal in physics: to show how electrons dance together. The technique, known as X-ray four-wave mixing, ...

Geometric optics is a confusing subject for many physics students, who often first encounter the subject in introductory college physics classes. Traditional instruction in geometric optics is not as ...

Congratulations to the Nano-Optics Group, led by Professor Markus Raschke, who has announced a record-breaking new optical microscope that can capture images at both the ultrafast and the nano-scale.

1708 - Infrared Light Generating System (issued U.S. Patent No. 9,934,927) 1323 - "Sonic Nets to Control Bird Populations" (issued U.S. Patent No. 9,693,548) 1108 - "Method and System for Detecting ...