Researchers of research institute AMOLF and TU Delft have seen light propagate in a special material without it suffering from reflections. The material, a photonic crystal, consists of two parts that ...

(Nanowerk News) Optical fibers are hair-like threads of glass used to guide light. Fibers of exceptional purity have proved an excellent way of sending information over long distances and are the ...

Researchers have built optical nanostructures that enable them to slow photons down and fully control light dispersion. They have shown that it is possible for light to propagate from point A to point ...

The Anderson transition is a phase transition that occurs in disordered systems, which entails a shift from a diffusive state (i.e., in which waves or particles are spread out) to a localized state, ...

A method invented by a team of Columbia Engineering researchers can control light propagating in confined pathways – or waveguides – with high efficiency by using nano-antennas. According to the team, ...

An international team of researchers has developed a novel technique to efficiently excite and control highly-confined ...

This news release is available in German. How can light which has been captured in a solar cell be examined in experiments? Jülich scientists have succeeded in looking directly at light propagation ...

The study of light propagation in atomic and nanostructured media encompasses the intricate interplay between photons and carefully engineered materials. In these systems, phenomena such as nonlinear ...

We’ve always enjoyed having a few indoor plants around the Hackaday dungeon because they just make the days more cheerful. Apparently there’s a big craze for them right now, which has led to price ...

Engineers have invented a method to control light propagating in confined pathways, or waveguides, with high efficiency by using nano-antennas. They built photonic integrated devices that had ...