Pushing the limits of structured light, applied physicists report a new type of optical vortex beam that not only twists as it travels but also changes in different parts at different rates to create ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism are related. A new study revealed that the magnetic component of light ...

Researchers in Germany have unveiled the Metafiber, a breakthrough device that allows ultra-precise, rapid, and compact control of light focus directly within an optical fiber. Unlike traditional ...

A research team in Bochum, Germany has unexpectedly found that light can slow down movements in the nanoworld. This is due to ...

Researchers in China published a paper describing a theoretical model for photonic computing that used light particles instead of electrons for faster processing. The team developed “parallel optical ...

Professor Juejun Hu was admitted by Tsinghua University as top scorer in the science college entrance examination of Fujian Province. After graduating, he went to MIT to pursue further studies, where ...

The attosecond pulse 1,2,3, currently the shortest event attainable and controllable by mankind, unlocks previously inaccessible capability to probe the microcosm. The ability to directly investigate ...

On a crisp night last fall in the Arizona desert, I stood amid sand and scrub at the intersection of Valencia and Kolb on the outskirts of Tucson and beheld a gleaming gas station. To say that this ...