A career in optical physics or engineering means knowing about the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and its detection by instruments. Since the discovery that ...
Conventional optics (e.g. lenses or mirrors) manipulate the phase via optical path difference by controlling thickness or refractive index of material. Recently, researchers reported that arbitrary ...
With an applied physics: optics degree, you’ll gain specialized expertise in optics, preparing you for diverse career opportunities in technology, research, and academia. Become who you’re meant to be ...
A powerful new microscopy technique unveils hidden nanoscale light interactions, offering a glimpse into physics that ...
From fundamental physics to practical devices, Abdoulaye Ndao of UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering and Qualcomm ...
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Monash researchers use engineered disorder to sharpen metasurface optics
A flat chip smaller than a fingernail can now do the work of 11 separate optical components, thanks to a counterintuitive ...
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Ytterbium optical clock design could sharpen tests of fundamental physics
A transportable ytterbium optical lattice clock has been commercially shipped, rapidly recommissioned, and tested against ...
Mini-MOT: A new miniaturized optical system for laser cooling atoms in a magneto-optical trap, or MOT. (Courtesy: NIST) The magneto-optical trap, or MOT, is the workhorse of cold-atom physics. Without ...
Atomic clocks record time using microwaves at a frequency matched to electron transitions in certain atoms. They are the basis upon which a second is defined. But there is a new kid on the block, the ...
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