Phys.org

Researchers compress light 12 times below the diffraction limit in a dielectric material

Until recently, it was widely believed among physicists that it was impossible to compress light below the so-called diffraction limit (see below), except when using metal nanoparticles, which ...
Science Daily

Logic with light: Introducing diffraction casting, optical-based parallel computing

Increasingly complex applications such as artificial intelligence require ever more powerful and power-hungry computers to run. Optical computing is a proposed solution to increase speed and power ...
Nature

Comment on “Efficient full-path optical calculation of scalar and vector diffraction using the Bluestein method”

The calculation of light diffraction is of great importance for many essential optical applications, including optical lithography, optical tweezers, and super-resolution imaging, and is a research ...
PBS

Unit 6 Segment H: Light: Diffraction and Interference

Light diffraction and interference are investigated. Unit 6 Segment H: Light: Diffraction and Interference Light diffraction and interference are investigated as we observe light going through single ...
Nature

Transition from two-dimensional photonic crystals to dielectric metasurfaces in the optical diffraction with a fine structure

The problem of fabrication of 2D photonic structures of almost arbitrary shape can be solved with the recently developed DLW method. This technology is based on the nonlinear two-photon polymerization ...