University of Chicago invents new way to make a solar cell by etching holes in top layer to make it porous.

Fraunhofer project achieves first measurement of magnetic-field-dependent stimulated emission.

Photonic method heralds applications like monitoring greenhouse gases and cancer detection.

Development offers potential to boost reliability of medical diagnostics using infrared lasers.

University group is using metasurface sensor to measure tell-tale laser eigenmodes.

...while Airguide Photonics hollow-core fiber development achieves “record-low” propagation losses.

Frequency filtering technique allows strong signals to be received from inaccessible places.

Japanese industrial technology giant says it has developed the first terminal to combine communication with spatial acquisition.

“Most efficient” conversion technology features new antireflection coating that boosts 4-junction cell performance.

Application is suited to precise observations of deep regions in biological samples.

Microscopy platform creates 3D representation of key research tool with a single camera image.

Collaboration between Physical Sciences, Inc and Georgia Tech is one of several optics projects to gain ‘Phase I’ support.