Atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics explores the quantum behaviour of electrons, atoms and light, and their mutual interactions across energy, length and time scales. In atoms and molecules, ...

Ray Optics often overwhelms Class 12 students due to formulas and sign conventions. An expert board examiner explains why ...

The research demonstrates a practical method for overcoming a long standing bottleneck in quantum computing, bringing closer ...

Time is almost up on the way we track each second of the day, with optical atomic clocks set to redefine the way the world ...

Physicists have used a new optical centrifuge to control the rotation of molecules suspended in liquid helium nano-droplets, ...

BOULDER — Meadowlark Optics Inc., a Frederick photonics firm, recently contributed $70,000 to the University of Colorado’s ...

In this Physics World Focus on Optics & Photonics you’ll find an interview with the healthcare photonics lead at the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation, and a report on a pan-European effort to ...

Glass nanostructures etched using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses promise to keep vast quantities of data safe for billions of years, describe Peter Kazansky, Ausra Cerkauskaite and Rokas ...

Caltech scientists have developed a way to guide light on silicon wafers with low signal loss approaching that of optical ...

It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technology that can non-invasively generate cross-sectional images of tissue. OCT is widely used in eye clinics to diagnose and manage retinal diseases ...