A breakthrough optical design allows quantum computers to read information in parallel, a key step toward building ...

The parallel beams of light passing through the gelatin-based hydrogel in this vial are actually white when they enter the solution. The green color comes from the fluorescence of eosin Y, an organic ...

Pushing the limits of structured light, applied physicists report a new type of optical vortex beam that not only twists as it travels but also changes in different parts at different rates to create ...

A surprising trick that allows a beam of light to be completely absorbed even in the thinnest of layers: Using mirrors and lenses, a 'light trap' can be constructed, in which the light beam is steered ...