Focused laser light generates an optical “tractor beam,” which can manipulate and orient semiconductor nanorods (red) with metal tips (blue) in an organic solvent solution.…
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Figure (left) Meisje met de parel (J. Vermeer, circa 1665, collection Mauritshuis, The Hague, the Netherlands); (center) chrome nano-dots replica; (right-top) normal image taken under…
Two different quantum optomechanical systems used to demonstrate novel dynamics in backaction-evading measurements. Left (yellow): silicon nanobeam supporting both an optical and a 5 GHz…
Synthetic chiral light selectively interacts with one of the two versions of a chiral molecule (left or right). The selected version responds by emitting very…
Silver nanopillars from laser simulation. Credit: Northwestern University Nanolaser has potential to treat neurological disorders or sense disease biomarkers. Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser…
The total image or direct intensity image is obtained by the accumulation of light on the camera. With the technique, researchers are able to separate…
The Goddard-developed microshutter array technology has evolved since its initial development in the 1990s for the James Webb Space Telescope. Here are images of its…
The entanglement structure of a large-scale quantum processor made of light. Credit: Shota Yokoyama 2019 Researchers open a new avenue to quantum computing with a…
Researchers have developed compound lenses inspired by the mosquito eye. Credit: American Chemical Society Anyone who’s tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly…
Transverse components of the normalized Poynting vectors in the focal plane of the tightly focused kaleidoscope-structured vector optical fields. The direction of the transverse energy…
The new technique of complementary vibrational spectroscopy relies on improvements in ultrashort pulsed laser technology. Researchers at the University of Tokyo hope to use complementary…
A monolayer of organic molecules is placed in the focused light field and replies to this illumination by fluorescence, embedding all information about the invisible…
A stylized version of a racetrack nanosandblasted on lithium niobate, where photons are coaxed to interact with each other under low energy conditions. The new…
Scientists have used a microchip to map the back of the eye for disease diagnosis. The interference technology used in the microchip has been around…
A nanomaterial developed at University of Bath allows for incredibly sensitive detection of the direction molecules twist using laser light. Credit: Ventsislav Valev and Alex…
Polarized optical microscopy images of the molecules at 20 degrees (A) and 51 degrees Celsius (B). Credit: © 2019 Kato et al. Many natural and…
JILA/NIST physicist Adam Kaufman adjusts the set-up for a laser that controls and cools the strontium atoms in the optical tweezer clock. The atoms are…