Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

Scientists in the United States have developed a new type of “optical cavity” that ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will ...

For the first time in its history, the UA College of Optical Sciences is undergoing a change in leadership. Thomas Koch, director of the Center for Optical Technologies at Lehigh University, will ...

In the decade since the last AMO survey, there have been considerable advances in AMO science. These advances have fundementally changed not only this field buthave also strengthened its impact and ...

The UA College of Optical Sciences received a $20 million pledge for 10 new endowed faculty positions, the largest gift of its kind in the university's history. The pledge comes from the college's ...

A research group has discovered significant nonreciprocal optical absorption of LiNiPO4, referred to as the optical diode effect, in which divalent nickel (Ni2+) ions are responsible for magnetism, by ...

Flagstaff, Ariz. – Lowell Observatory and the University of Arizona’s College of Optical Sciences (OSC) have finalized a $3 million, three-year contract to complete the Discovery Channel Telescope ...

Single-photon emitters quantum mechanically connect quantum bits (or qubits) between nodes in quantum networks. They are typically made by embedding rare-earth elements in optical fibers at extremely ...

Left: Schematic of the introduced prototype device for the measurement of specular surfaces, comprised of an unpolarized display and a polarization camera. Right: Measurement example: Object, camera ...