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Light is the ultimate means of sending information to and from the interior structure of materials — it packages data in a signal of zero mass and unmatched speed. However, light is, in a sense, ...

Imagine shining a flashlight into a material and watching the light bend backward—or in an entirely unexpected direction—as ...

The following terms were defined with the assistance of Panduit Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wiring and network cabling products and Jeff Hecht, noted optical networking consultant and ...

The speed of light varies in materials, impacting fiber optics, laser systems, and semiconductor lithography through complex ...

Most people know that light travels in a straight line unless something acts upon it to change its direction. The three most common methods of changing the direction of light are refraction, ...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong demonstrate negative light refraction with the natural magnetic material CrSBr – ...