The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact ...

A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered a new way to measure the orientation ...

But the good news now is a tool is being developed to forecast these effects and predict when an FSO signal may fade as a ...

Ideal for a wide range applications, the optical spectrum analyzer enables fast, high accuracy measurements of MWIR light spectra.

Yokogawa Test & Measurement has released the AQ6377E optical spectrum analyser for mid-wave infrared (MWIR) measurements. The ...

It remains unclear whether boiling metal surfaces can still show surface tension, says Prof Dr-Ing. Jörg Volpp, Associate ...

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, has announced the Ophir® ...

A team of Caltech scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of enabling technologies that transform our world, has announced the Ophir® 70 K-W ...

Optical science advances non-destructive testing (NDT) through technologies like laser ultrasonics, shearography, and optical ...

Researchers have built a deep-ultraviolet microscope to study hard-to-analyze materials like diamond, offering a new way to probe their electronic and thermal properties at the nanoscale. This ...