By combining two fundamentally different microscopy techniques, researchers can now measure the optical properties of a ...

If you studied advanced physics at high school, there's a good chance that you remember Snell's law, which states how a ray of light bends when it crosses a boundary between two media. According to ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Manipulating light is crucial for modern technologies, from the optical fibers transmitting internet data to the lasers in our smartphones. Despite significant advancements, our ...

With decades of experience in separation science, Testa Analytical provides Differential Refractive Index (DRI) detector kits ...

Researchers report the development of ultrahigh refractive index metamaterials which are integrated with a low refractive index polymer producing distributed Bragg reflector (DBR). The highest ...

Toyohashi University of Technology researchers in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a new material capable of retaining high transmissivity after thermal ...

Goeroptics, a world's leading AR&MR solution provider, unveiled a suite of advanced XR optical solutions at SPIE AR|VR|MR 2026. The company debut its ...

An unexpected discovery in a Harvard lab has led to a breakthrough insight into choosing an unconventional material, silica, to make optical metasurfaces—ultra-thin, flat structures that control light ...

Researchers at Harvard University, working with collaborators at the University of Lisbon, discovered that low-index silica ...