In a discovery that challenges conventional optics, scientists have managed to make a laser beam cast its own shadow—a feat previously thought impossible, as light typically passes through other light ...

Optical quantum computers are gaining attention as a next-generation computing technology with high speed and scalability. However, accurately characterizing complex optical processes, where multiple ...

Components of a typical laser include gain medium, laser pumping energy and resonant optical cavity. The output frequency of most lasers is fixed or within a small range, and it is difficult to ...

According to SPIE, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have created a "breakthrough" solid-state deep ultraviolet (DUV) laser emitting coherent 193-nm light used for semiconductor ...

Engineering researchers report that they developed a new, efficient way to modulate and enhance an important type of nonlinear optical process: optical second harmonic generation -- where two input ...

Scientists in China have unveiled a new AI chip called LightGen that is 100 times faster and 100 times more energy efficient ...

Teradyne Inc.’s assembly test division today introduced an optical process test (OPT) system for post-placement, inline defect detection and process measurement. The company said the non-contact ...

JDS Uniphase Corp., Ottawa, Ontario, has acquired Optical Process Automation Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., OPA also has operations in Asheville, N ...