Chinese researchers have developed the first highly parallel optical computing integrated chip, named “Meteor-1”, setting a milestone for using light to perform an enormous number of ...

By using high-quality mirrors, scientists can create optical traps —known as optical cavities—that control vacuum fluctuations and, in turn, modify the magnetic or electric properties of a ...

A photonic engine The researchers have created a photonic engine that processes microwave and optical signals and can convert the signals between the two domains. It is a silicon chip that can ...

How Two Neuroscientists View Optical Illusions The Best Illusion of the Year contest offers researchers, and participants, an opportunity to explore the gaps and limits of human perception.

Optical physics is the study of the fundamental properties of light and its interaction with matter. This includes classical optical phenomena such as reflection, refraction, diffraction and ...