Photosynthesis-inspired artificial leaves use sunlight to convert the greenhouse gas into alcohols in a single step.
Successful collaborations built on strong foundations can last decades, often bringing significant benefits.
The optoelectronics company will bring to market laser-based micromanipulation technology developed at the Max Planck Institute.
A professor emeritus of physics education spoke with OPN about what AI means for science instruction and evaluation.
An engaging textbook that looks at physics concepts through the lens of music.
Diffraction patterns created behind the thread of an M3 screw, illuminated by a collimated quantum cascade laser beam and imaged using a microbolometer array.
A new recipe allows direct laser writing of high-quality glass at half the temperature of other approaches, potentially enabling on-chip 3D-printing of freeform optical-glass nanostructures.
Researchers say quantum key distribution system based on integrated photonics could be a step toward network implementation.
Device uses two trapped ions to raise the performance of a 50-km-long entangled fiber link.
OPN highlights the careers and perspectives of six Black trailblazers in optics and photonics.
Optica’s Tom Hausken writes about what makes a successful economic center.
Physicists have measured and controlled the electron emission from a metallic tip with unprecedented precision.
Krypton clusters—produced from supersonic expansion in vacuum of krypton gas from a high-pressure nozzle—are irradiated by a high-power, few-cycle laser to produce soft X-rays, emitted in all directions.
With an estimated 20 million surgeries performed each year worldwide, cataract extraction is the most common surgical procedure across all medical fields.
A joint master of science program in photonics engineering at two Belgian universities has embraced a hybrid structure in teaching key enabling technologies.
An assistant professor talks about how international internships shaped her career.
The vice president of an Optica student chapter writes about the benefits and challenges of planning a big event.
Survey of college graduates shows risk-tolerance and overconfidence levels partially account for the wage difference between men and women.
An associate professor talks about collaborating with brilliant minds in the field of optics.
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