Interest in optics began in antiquity. The Babylonians, Egyptians and Assyrians all used polished quartz lenses. The basic principles of geometric optics were laid down by Plato and Euclid. They ...

The breakthrough relies on microring modulators, which are tiny ring-shaped devices made from silicon that manipulate light ...

THE revised edition of Prof. SouthalPs text-book of geometrical optics, in addition to a number of new problems scattered throughout the book, contains an important new chapter at the end of the ...

Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT are notorious for being power-hungry. To tackle this challenge, a team from the ...

The team has developed a groundbreaking optical chip that uses light not only to send data faster than ever before, but also ...

New quantum optics theory proposes that classical interference arises from bright and dark states of light. ... "For example, a classical standing-wave light field ...

Nano-optics is often discussed in conjunction with nanophotonics, a related field that focuses on the behavior of light and the interaction of light with nanostructures.While nano-optics emphasizes ...

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has unveiled breakthrough research in optics technology that could dramatically improve how data centers train and run generative AI models. Researchers have pioneered a new ...

New quantum optics theory proposes that classical interference arises from bright and dark states of light. by Ingrid Fadelli, Phys.org ...