Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy—a ...
Ultrathin structures that can bend, focus, or filter light, metasurfaces are reshaping how scientists think about optics.
AI model designs complex metasurfaces in seconds using physics-guided learning, enabling rapid, high-quality holographic devices and adaptable optical systems for multiple wavelengths and ...
Astronomers at the Paranal Observatory in Chile have achieved first light with a cutting-edge adaptive optics mode for the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), designed to ...
The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) has achieved first light with a new adaptive optics mode called laser tomography — and has captured remarkably sharp test images of ...
GLASSHOUGHTON, WEST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom and RENO, Nev., Feb. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Optalysys Ltd. (@Optalysys), a start-up commercializing light-speed optical coprocessors for AI/deep ...
Researchers pioneer binder-free 3D printing of glass, using light to form precise silica structures for optics, medicine, and microfluidics.
In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that heart-shaped clams use fiber optic–like structures to channel sunlight through their shells in much the ...
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