Researchers have now shown how to generate and characterize an entirely new type of light, synthetic chiral light, which identifies molecules' handedness exceptionally distinctly

Researchers report a new technique that uses image distillation to extract quantum information from an illuminated source that contains both quantum and classical information

Researchers open a new avenue to quantum computing with a breakthrough experiment: a large-scale quantum processor made entirely of light

Gathering the latest advancements in optical fiber telecommunications technology towards practical petabit-class backbone networks

Indiana University optometry researchers took the first undistorted images of the eye's trabecular meshwork using methods originally developed to stop stars from appearing to twinkle

In addition to changing how researchers can work with light, this new coupling method has the potential to change how and when cancer is diagnosed

Rice University engineers create tunable, nanoscale, incandescent light source

Made from carbon nanotubes, the new coating is 10 times darker than other very black materials

New material could someday find applications in camouflage, signaling, and anti-counterfeiting

Nanocomposite protects against intense light, holds promise for expanding high-speed optical networking capacity