Researchers at Princeton and North Carolina State University have developed a technique that substantially improves the ...

Light consists of electromagnetic waves that oscillate in time and propagate in space. Scalar waves are described by their intensity and phase distributions. These are the spatial (orbital) degrees of ...

Follow along as Machine Design interviews John Ellis, an entrepreneur, inventor and founder of Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm Optics for Hire. The Optics for Hire team—a group of ...

Nano-optics, by bridging the gap between classical optics and nanotechnology, explores light at dimensions smaller than its wavelength. It leverages phenomena like plasmonics, near-field optics, and ...

Why not take the same strands of light that already power the world’s fiber-optic cables and let them travel freely through ...

IBM Brings Light-Speed Optics to Data Centers for AI Training The new tech can dramatically reduce AI's energy use and make data centers more efficient and less damaging to the environment, according ...