Scientists have unveiled a new way to capture ultra-sharp optical images without lenses or painstaking alignment. The approach uses multiple sensors to collect raw light patterns independently, then ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking discovery: a material capable of bending light in unprecedented ways. This advancement opens up possibilities for innovations in optics, including superlenses ...

In a discovery that blurs the line between biology and technology, scientists have found that heart-shaped clams use fiber optic–like structures to channel sunlight through their shells in much the ...

Their study appears in the journal Nature Photonics. How triplet-fusion upconversion works The research builds on a technique called triplet-fusion upconversion, which uses a combination of molecules ...

Metasurfaces are two-dimensional (2D), nanoengineered surfaces that interact strongly with electromagnetic waves and can control light with remarkable precision. These ultra-thin layers can be used to ...

Researchers in Germany have unveiled the Metafiber, a breakthrough device that allows ultra-precise, rapid, and compact control of light focus directly within an optical fiber. Unlike traditional ...

Researchers at Harvard University, working with collaborators at the University of Lisbon, discovered that low-index silica ...

A new multi-layered metalens design has been developed at the Australian National University. This concept could revolutionise portable optics in devices like smartphones, drones, and satellites. This ...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is celebrating the inaugural Biophotonics Discovery's Impact of the ...