The role of light in our lives is both pervasive and primordial. Ultraviolet light probably had a role in the very origins of life, and light-driven photosynthesis underlies all but the most primitive ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2022.220010 considers optical logic gates in future computers. If you are reading this on your smartphone, its CPU (central processing ...

Anti-Reflection (AR) coatings represent a key innovation in optics. AR coatings are central to the proper manipulation of light, mitigating Fresnel reflection, enhancing system throughput and ...

The nonlinear susceptibility is a measure of a material's nonlinear response to an applied electric field. It determines the strength of the nonlinear effects and is related to the crystal's symmetry ...

The Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) system based on Phase-Sensitive Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (Φ-OTDR) uses narrow-linewidth lasers as high-coherence light sources, utilizing Rayleigh ...

Traditional computers are fast, but nothing like the speed of light—at 186,000 miles per second, you can crunch numbers awfully quick. That’s a big reason why optical photonics are being used for ...

Dow (NYSE: DOW) on Thursday introduced a new silicone-based thermal interface material aimed at high-speed networking equipment, optical modules and other electronics applications that generate ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed an optical device that reveals hidden images and changes ...