Over the past decade, researchers have become good at creating devices that emit single ...

Attosecond pulses enable sub-femtosecond studies of ultrafast electron dynamics. Since 2001, pulse durations have shortened ...

Researchers have developed photonic computing chips that overcome key limitations for a type of neural network known as a photonic ...

Scientists at TU Delft have designed a nanostring resonator that, when driven at its lowest vibration frequency, quietly funnels energy through a chain of higher modes all the way up to the fifth, ...

New photonic chips could improve autonomous driving technologies and enable robotic systems that learn through real-world ...

February 25, 2026, 62, Kenly – Carl S. Milsted Jr. of Kenly, North Carolina passed away on February 25th, 2026. He was 62 ...

Research shows that external impulses in non-reciprocal optical solitary waves can exceed expected momentum responses, ...

The transient Pauli blocking effect is a promising way to achieve ultrafast optical switching in semiconductors. Recently, a research team from Japan ...

Defect-filled lead-halide perovskites rival silicon solar cells because domain walls inside the material separate and guide charges. Researchers visualized these charge-transport networks using a ...

A University of Ottawa team has developed a new way to protect free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) from atmospheric turbulence, one of the main causes of distortion and errors when sending ...

A University of Ottawa team has developed a new way to protect free-space quantum key distribution (QKD) from atmospheric ...

Optica Names 22 Recipients for 2026 Awards and Medals Optica names 22 recipients for 2026 awards and medals, celebrating outstanding technical, research, educational, business, leadership and service ...