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Michelle Lollie transitioned from a career in finance to developing quantum optical systems in industry. She talks to Tushna Commissariat about the American Physical Society (APS) Bridge Program; as ...

An article published in the journal Optica describes the development of a new experimental device that explores the boundary ...

A research team has developed a novel multidimensional sampling theory to overcome the limitations of flat optics. The study not only identifies the constraints of conventional sampling theories in ...

statistical physics using incoherent light, and quantum optics. The new language allows optical modeling and observation of material behavior that is difficult, if not impossible, to see by other ...

Researchers at Michigan Tech have worked to identify the rest mass of neutrinos, and are using lasers to analyze patients breath samples with hopes of detecting medical ailments such as ulcers and ...

SPIE Photonics West brings the global optics and photonics community together in San Francisco to share the latest research and technology breakthroughs Technology focus The world-class exhibitions at ...

Established in 1983, the Electro-Optics Program relies on a strong working relationship between the School of Engineering and the Department of Physics. It is a collaborative effort on the part of ...

Geometric optics is a confusing subject for many physics students, who often first encounter the subject in introductory college physics classes. Traditional instruction in geometric optics is not as ...

The instrument exploits the phenomenon of optical levitation to "trap" glass nanospheres with light inside it, thanks to which it is possible to simultaneously observe phenomena typical of both ...