Quantum technologies are cutting-edge systems that can process, transfer, or store information leveraging quantum mechanical ...

Researchers at the University of Oxford have presented a method for interpreting the interactions between materials and polarized light, which may facilitate advancements in biomedical imaging and ...

Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy—a specialized imaging technique that looks for a change in the color of intense ...

From left to right, Albert Suceava, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, Venkatraman Gopalan, a professor of materials science and engineering, and Saugata Sarker, a graduate ...

Nearly two centuries after Michael Faraday first showed that magnetism can twist light, physicists have uncovered a hidden magnetic ingredient inside this classic effect. The new work reveals that the ...

Caltech’s “CUP2AI” makes two polarization measurements; in parallel and perpendicular to a test laser’s beam. Compressed Ultrafast Planar Polarization Anisotropy Imaging. Click for info. To understand ...

Scientists studying asteroids found that two seemingly unrelated types share a strange dusty coating of troilite. By using polarization of light instead of traditional spectra, they uncovered evidence ...