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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

“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 ...

A recent article in Advanced Materials reports a new fabrication method for nonlinear optical components using nanostructured polycrystalline lithium niobate (LN). The study addresses key limitations ...

Lenses are the most widely used optical devices. Camera lens or objectives, for example, produce a sharp photo or video by ...