The telescope-integrated device reveals the signal in snapshots of polarized sunlight ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a tiny optical component ...

A tiny optical component captures multiple polarization images at once, helping telescopes track solar magnetic fields with simpler hardware.

A new telescope technology—measuring just 6 millimeters (0.24 inches) in diameter—could improve how future space missions ...

The terahertz (THz) frequency regime, sitting between microwaves and infrared light, has long promised revolutionary advances ...

Metalenz metasurfaces are now on the market through its partnership with STMicroelectronics, marking the introduction of this revolutionary optical technology in real-world devices Metalenz’s ...

A new telescope technology could improve how future space missions study and monitor the Sun while simplifying onboard ...

If you enter a room to see someone dancing their heart out in silence, no headphones in sight, don't be alarmed. They may be ...

All-optical computing provides a promising route to real-time, energy-efficient image processing by performing computations directly with light. However, conventional optical processors are often ...

Researchers have developed a single metasurface that can effectively tune the different properties of laser light, including wavelength, without the need of additional optical components. The ...