The method combines fluorescent staining, flow cytometry and pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.
This special issue of Optics & Photonics News highlights exciting peer-reviewed optics research that has emerged over the past year.
Since the first gratings were constructed, there have been a number of attempts to commercialize their color-producing effects as decorative elements.
An assistant professor talks about the joy of mentoring students and the value of a supportive research community.
A highly recommended book about the foundations of tomography within medical imaging.
A glass sphere is the geometrically simplest form of lens. In this photo, the lens magnifies the lines in the background and spherical aberrations toward the edges are visible.
New system uses high-frame-rate cameras and lasers to power a digital feedback loop that enables contactless printing.
Collaboration, plus US$100 million in new funding, will underpin startup’s work toward scalable, distributed, fault-tolerant quantum computing and networking within five years.
A measurement technique that exploits extreme ultraviolet light has revealed complex spin behavior at ultrafast timescales.
Lithium niobate circuit reduces the pulse length while boosting the peak power of an integrated mode-locked laser.
Superlatives strain to characterize the excellent performance of the astronomical community’s latest infrared telescope, which is beaming back dazzling and confounding images of the universe.
The inventor of the Finsen light made strides in understanding the effects of ultraviolet light in the treatment of disease.
The idea of using sunlight to generate electricity has been around since the 1800s, but solar cells with a practical level of conversion efficiency arrived only in the 1950s.
Output light field of a tapered tip of an optical single-mode fiber, in which blue light and green light are coupled, reflected by a sheet of paper.
Each December, OPN looks at interesting research results of the past year. But what about the year ahead? We asked several contributors to our “Optics in 2023” feature for thoughts on 2024.
A senior researcher talks about learning from failure.
A professor talks about using optics and photonics for societal applications.
Although neurodivergent people often face challenges in scientific education and workplaces, they also bring unique strengths and assets.
A professor talks about flourishing in an academic career after growing up with little access to scientific information.