Photonics : Science World Report

Dec 07, 2016 03:20 AM EST

Shape Matters When Light Meets Atom, New Study Says

Scientists have found that a photon's shape affects how it is absorbed by a single atom.

Sep 02, 2016 04:38 AM EDT

Discovery Of Plastic Clothing Material Could Cool Your Body, Might Save Energy

You can cool your body without the use of air conditioner or cooler with the discovery of this new material. Know it here.

May 23, 2016 05:13 AM EDT

Search For Aliens Gets A ‘Lighthouse Theory’ With Photonics Advances

Photonics advances reportedly have important implications for the search of aliens and extraterrestrial intelligence.

Nov 11, 2015 05:22 PM EST

Holograms Created with New Technique to Increase Variety

Scientists have developed new techniques in order to create a new variety of holograms.

Nov 09, 2015 12:24 PM EST

Quantum Physics: The Most Extreme 'Entanglement' Yet Between Photon Pairs

A new experiment has actually recorded some quantum weirdness. Scientists have reported the most extreme "entanglement" yet between pairs of photons.

Sep 30, 2015 03:15 PM EDT

Star Wars Lightsaber May be Possible with New Ability to Stick Light Particles Together

We may just be one step closer to creating an actual lightsaber. Scientists have figured out how to stick photons together, creating the first ever "molecules" of light.

Sep 01, 2015 10:30 AM EDT

Quantum Physics: Scientists 'Squeeze' Light One Particle at a Time

Scientists have figured out how to "squeeze" light one particle at a time. They've successfully measured particles in an experiment that had once been written off as impossible to observe.

Nov 03, 2014 12:45 PM EST

Glass Threads Cause Strong Connection Between Two Photons

Scientists may have found a way to establish a strong connection between two single photons with the help of a glass fiber.

Nov 06, 2013 03:43 PM EST

Single-Atom Light Switch Invented, Doubling as Strange Quantum-State Induced Switch

With just a single atom, light can be switched between two fibre optic cables at the Vienna University of Technology. Such a switch enables quantum phenomena to be used for information and communication technology.

Sep 26, 2013 08:05 AM EDT

Scientists Create New Form of Matter with Photons

You may not be able to channel the Force, but you may be able to wield a light saber. Researchers have managed to coax photons into binding together to form molecules, a state of matter that, until recently, had been purely theoretical.

Sep 25, 2013 03:36 PM EDT

Graphene Photodetector Integrated into Computer Chip

Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology have succeeded in combining graphene light detectors with semiconductor chips, a crucially important step to develop highly advanced and miniaturized optoelectronics.

Jul 30, 2013 05:29 PM EDT