Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

Dispersion is an inherent feature of electromagnetic waves. It allows light to behave differently at different wavelengths, which can be useful, but it also creates chromatic aberrations. As bandwidth ...

An international collaboration involving researchers from the University of Innsbruck has developed a novel luminescent material that enables particularly robust and precise optical temperature ...

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...

Optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) spectroscopy is an infrared super-resolution measurement technique where a shorter ...

Multilayer films have long been used in food and drink packaging as they meet several specifications in terms of barrier ...

Optical illusion personality tests are quite popular these days. As the name suggests, these are based on weird images that trick the eyes. Depending on what a person notices first in these strange ...

Artificial crystals of light, consisting of hundreds of thousands of optical microtraps, are routinely created by interfering optical laser beams. These so-called optical lattices act as versatile ...

Optical imaging includes a variety of imaging techniques that rely on illumination light in the ultraviolet, visible and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The term typically excludes ...

Shopping for a new phone can be a headache. These tips will help you make the most of your money. When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found with his own ...