When a beam of infrared light strikes their ultra-thin lens—barely thicker than a red blood cell—it emerges on the other side ...

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

Swiss scientists have developed an ultra-thin lens that turns infrared light into visible light using lithium niobate and ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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