This could enable new tech for controlling light with light, opening doors to advanced fabrication, imaging, and illumination ...

The technique works because the green laser (wavelength 532 nanometers) changes the way the crystal responds to some other ...

Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...

Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain ...

Shadows are a natural consequence of opaque walls in an illuminated Universe. Light shines; photons travel until they hit an ...

The discovery, centred around controlling tiny hurricanes of light and electromagnetic fields, could revolutionise how much information we can deliver over cables.

WASHINGTON - Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a ...

With the help of a ruby cube and two laser beams, researchers made one ray of light cast a shadow when illuminated by the ...

The future of transmitting massive amounts of data digitally may be here, thanks to new technology that uses a "hurricane" of ...

A cat mom had just gotten comfortable in bed when she realized she hadn't switched off the light—leading her to an ingenious ...

Scientists discovered a way to encode more data into light by creating light vortices with quasicrystals. This method could ...

This advancement could advance data transmission capabilities in fields requiring light-based encoding, such as ...