Polarized light is one of the most powerful tools scientists have for peering inside matter, yet the way it twists, scatters and transforms inside real-world materials has long been treated as a black ...

In what is described as "a major breakthrough in the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics", a Sandia National Laboratories research team has demonstrated the ability to dynamically steer light ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John Ballato, Clemson University (THE CONVERSATION) Imagine a world without internet, ...

Nano-optics, by bridging the gap between classical optics and nanotechnology, explores light at dimensions smaller than its wavelength. It leverages phenomena like plasmonics, near-field optics, and ...

Follow along as Machine Design interviews John Ellis, an entrepreneur, inventor and founder of Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm Optics for Hire. The Optics for Hire team—a group of ...