Research offers a new approach to studying complex light in complex systems, such as transporting classical and quantum light through optical fiber, underwater channels, living tissue and other highly ...

Structured light can significantly enhance information capacity, due to its coupling of spatial dimensions and multiple degrees of freedom. In recent years, the combination of structured light ...

Insights into coherence synthesis in nonlinear optics highlight the role of spatial coherence in shaping second harmonic ...

(Nanowerk News) In everyday life we experience light in one of its simplest forms – optical rays or beams. However, light can exist in much more exotic forms. Thus, even beams can be shaped to take ...

Photonics researchers have demonstrated how self-imaging of light, a phenomenon known for nearly two centuries, can be applied to cylindrical systems, facilitating unprecedented control of light's ...

After futzing around with a cheap pico projector, a webcam and a little bit of software, [Jas Strong] built herself a 3d scanner. In spite of the dozens of Kinect-based scanner projects, we’ve seen ...

Schematic illustration of the DFAMFPP principle: Multiple dual-frequency fringe patterns are overlaid in a single long-exposure image. A deep neural network then reconstructs time-resolved 3D shapes ...

This study reveals new techniques for creating and manipulating azopolymer-based microstructures, advancing the field of ...

We can frequently find in our daily lives a localized wave structure that maintains its shape upon propagation—picture a smoke ring flying in the air. Similar stable structures have been studied in ...