Running the Alice Camera app on the user’s smartphone adds the experience of using a latest-gen smartphone screen as the viewfinder for a professional interchangeable-lens optical system, and being ...

The optics of Silicon Valley’s proximity to the president were not lost on Trump’s critics, who have warned about the growing threat of a tech oligarchy since his re-election in November.

These optical clocks are still being assessed, but already now, some are 100 times more accurate than cesium clocks. They will therefore become the future basis for the worldwide definition of the ...

Now that looks set to change thanks to the work of Gordon Li and Midya Parto at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and colleagues, who have designed and tested an all-optical computer ...

Optical Fresnel zone plate flat lenses made entirely of colored photoresist through an i-line stepper. Light: Science & Applications , 2025; 14 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41377-024-01725-6 Cite This Page : ...

Optics are fundamental to AR/VR devices, enabling realistic user experiences through advanced lenses, displays, and imaging systems. In AR, optical systems such as waveguides and lightguides ...

SPIE Photonics West brings the global optics and photonics community together in San Francisco to share the latest research and technology breakthroughs Technology focus The world-class exhibitions at ...

For the first time, a team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF and the University of New Mexico have succeeded in cooling silica glass by ...

Yes, it can! This is one facet of adaptive optics, which astronomical observatories can use to compensate for distortions in astronomical images caused by our atmosphere. Let’s set the stage ...

Microsoft has recently introduced a new collection of desktop wallpapers to its website, offering a wide variety of wallpapers for download. The latest collection, ‘Fluid Textures,’ was designed by 3D ...