Colorado team uses compact sourceof X-rays to create high-res images of gas turbine blade.

A new patterned spintronic emitter enables room-temperature control of terahertz wave polarization.

Scientists at CAS develop compact, solid-state laser system that generates 193-nm coherent vortex beam.

…while Rochester’s RAM Photonics launches fiber array for AI connectivity.

Capasso Group at Harvard SEAS invents multimodal light manipulator that “could replace beam-splitting waveguides.”

Near-IR technique spots microplastics and monitors water uptake of plants.

Potential applications are in optical communications, chiral sensing, and vortex mode generation.

Nanjing University group uses optical computing to boost accuracy and efficiency of fiber-optic sensing.

New ultrafast component transmits high data volumes in optical networks; with multiple applications.

Following experiments with transparent conducting oxides; glass that alters how light travels through it.

Modern devices and quantum imaging can capture biological processes in their natural state.

Penn State and Paris Saclay universities show how light from 2D materials is modulated by 2D “island” core.