New York, NY—November 22, 2021—Over the past several decades, researchers have moved from using electric currents to manipulating light waves in the near-infrared range for telecommunications ...

Researchers in Quebec, Canda, have developed the first fiber laser that can produce femtosecond pulses in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Fiber lasers producing ultrashort, bright ...

Awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, quantum dots have a wide variety of applications ranging from displays and LED lights to chemical reaction catalysis and bioimaging. These semiconductor ...

Integrated photonics is a rapidly-evolving industry sector, with infrared spectrum applications including high-speed 5G networks, biosensors on chip, and driverless cars. Researchers are now exploring ...

For decades, laser engineers have wrestled with an embarrassing blind spot: the green-through-yellow slice of the visible ...

A University at Buffalo-led team has developed a hybrid material that allows chiral perovskite semiconductors to absorb visible light while retaining their ability to distinguish between left- and ...

Professor Koray Aydin developed a metasurface spatial filter to improve image processing used in augmented and virtual reality systems, autonomous vehicles, and biometric identification systems. Along ...

Diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum, with visible spectrum and light highlighted separately. The full range of electromagnetic radiation, organized by frequency in Hertz and wavelength in meter.

Engineers have invented a breakthrough optical phase modulator that controls visible light -- without dimming it -- with the smallest footprint and lowest power consumption. New device will improve ...