Scientists create optical skyrmions using a two-century-old light phenomenon

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have used a classic optical phenomenon known as the ...
IEEE Spectrum on MSN

Optical metasurface captures solar magnetic fields

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

Double-Slit Time Diffraction At Optical Frequencies

The double-slit experiment, first performed by [Thomas Young] in 1801 provided the first definitive proof of the dual wave-particle nature of photons. A similar experiment can be performed that shows ...
Phys.org

Compact optical device achieves super-resolution imaging beyond the diffraction limit

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) have unveiled a planar optical device that significantly enhances the capabilities of dark-field microscopy, achieving ...
Nature

Three-dimensional nanophotonics with spatially modulated optical properties

Nanophotonics has revolutionized the control of light-matter interactions in various fields of fundamental science and technology. In this work, we propose Implosion Fabrication (ImpFab) as a ...
Nature

PID3Net: a deep learning approach for single-shot coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of dynamic phenomena

This paper introduces a deep learning (DL)-based method for phase retrieval tailored to single-shot, multiple-frame coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (CXDI), designed specifically for visualizing ...
Phys.org

Collecting helium diffraction patterns in microscopic regions of samples

Recent scientific advancements have opened new opportunities for the close observation of physical phenomena. Researchers at University of Cambridge and University of Newcastle recently introduced a ...