The emergence of convenient sources of broadband light spanning the visible and near-infrared is ... reports Neil Savage. Lasers are useful because they produce powerful beams of collimated ...

A FUTURISTIC drone-destroying laser has been seen firing from a US Navy warship in an incredible declassified image. The ...

Scientists are developing miniature lightsails that could travel at unprecedented speeds, potentially enabling interstellar ...

Lasers are known for the monochromatic nature ... Basically, a “supercontinuum” is just the conversion of a monochromatic source to a broader spectral bandwidth. It’s a non-linear optical ...

Using a green laser beam, a ruby crystal, and blue light illumination, they demonstrated that light, under specific conditions, could block another light source, creating a visible shadow.

Microlenses applied to eyeglasses can help reduce growth-related worsening of nearsightedness (myopia), preventing potential ...

Ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors—such as diamond—are promising for next-generation electronics due to a larger energy gap ...