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Scientists have found a way to see ultrafast molecular interactions inside liquids using an extreme laser technique once ...

Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...

Light that twists as it travels and materials whose internal order is knotted like a pretzel are starting to collide in the ...

You are watching a long-standing assumption in physics and engineering quietly fall apart. Researchers at Northwestern ...

In physics, breakthroughs are rare. Experiments are slow, expensive and often end up refining, rather than rewriting, our understanding of the universe. But what if the only constraint on scientific ...

Nearly two centuries after Michael Faraday first showed that magnetism can twist light, physicists have uncovered a hidden magnetic ingredient inside this classic effect. The new work reveals that the ...

In January, a team led by Jim Schuck, professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia Engineering, developed a method for creating entangled photon pairs, a critical component of emerging quantum ...

Non-linear optical technologies have significantly advanced the photonics industry and the development of integrated photonic devices, enabling a new wave of innovation. Key areas such as advanced non ...