Tag: Optical

Scientists invent smallest known way to guide light: 2D optical waveguides could point way to new technology

Directing light from place to the place is the backbone of our modern world. Beneath the oceans and across continents, fiber optic cables carry...

Simple, accurate, and efficient: Improving the way computers recognize hand gestures: Optical hand gesture recognition sees improvements in accuracy and complexity with new algorithm

In the 2002 science fiction blockbuster film Minority Report, Tom Cruise's character John Anderton uses his hands, sheathed in special gloves, to interface with...

Researchers improve optical tissue clearing method to diagnose cancer

When it comes to cancer, clarity is key. The ability to visualize cancerous tumors and metastatic tissue three dimensionally (3D) can help clinicians diagnose...

Reconfigurable metasurfaces provide nanoscale light control: Technique inspired by the art of paper cutting used to make metasurfaces that could benefit optical displays and...

Researchers have designed electromechanically reconfigurable ultrathin optical elements that can be controlled and programmed on a pixel-by-pixel level. These versatile metasurfaces could offer a...

Heat-free optical switch would enable optical quantum computing chips

In a potential boost for quantum computing and communication, a European research collaboration reported a new method of controlling and manipulating single photons without...

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