In the increasingly digital world, the demand for faster, more efficient and miniaturized optical devices is ever-growing.

Scientists have created tiny “optical tornadoes” — swirling beams of light that twist like miniature whirlwinds — using a ...

Physics senior Ruijian Wang has been awarded the Fall 2025 Stephen Halley White Undergraduate Research Award from the Department of Physics for his outstanding research in quantum optics and ...

Once a baffling theory, quantum mechanics has evolved into a driving force behind modern technology and frontier research.

A new study explores how EOS transmits ultrashort laser pulses through crystals that change in response to an applied electric field. This technique allows researchers to accurately capture the shape ...

Quantum optics and x‐ray photonics represent rapidly advancing realms of research that intertwine the principles of quantum mechanics with the unique properties of high‐energy photons. These fields ...

A team at Japan’s RIKEN research institute has figured out how to flip a quantum switch that controls the flow of phonons, ...

Researchers in Poland have developed 'optical tornadoes'—stable, swirling beams of light generated using liquid crystals—that could simplify quantum and optical communication technologies. At the same ...

Superconducting qubits—bits of quantum information—have been widely considered a promising technology for moving quantum ...

In a recent gift to the Quantum Scholars program, local optics company Meadowlark Optics is generously supporting $70,000 in scholarships for undergraduates exploring the quantum field at the ...

Collisional quantum gates based on fermionic atoms have been realized independently by researchers in Germany and Switzerland ...

Invisible infrared waves are emitted by IR LEDs and detected by photodiodes to enable devices like remotes, automatic ...