In a lab in Zurich, scientists have built something that, at first glance, shouldn’t be possible. When a beam of infrared ...

Scientists made a laser device smaller than a penny that can change colors incredibly fast to help measure distances very ...

In recent years, the world of optics has undergone a major shift. New research shows how light can be bent, focused, and even ...

Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a lens that can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength ...

Scientists in Switzerland have developed an ultra-thin metalens that converts invisible infrared light into visible light by ...

Breakthrough ultrathin metalenses not only focus light like traditional lenses but also turn invisible light into visible ...

“The first is lidar, which is already used in autonomous vehicles, but a more advanced form known as frequency-modulated ...

Researchers from the University of Rochester and University of California, Santa Barbara, engineered a laser device smaller ...

Even high-performance smart phone cameras still require a stack of lenses that often account for the thickest part of the ...

A newly developed chip-scale laser has applications ranging from guiding autonomous vehicles to detecting gravitational waves ...

A new chip-scale laser from Rochester and UCSB enables ultra-fast, precise measurements for uses such as LiDAR.

Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a lens with magic properties. Ultra-thin, it can transform infrared light into ...