Optics

Credit: Swetapadma Sahoo
Swetapadma Sahoo in the lab.
A newly discovered type of diamond color center has a desirable quirk: It couples to a single, stable local vibration that shows potential to be controlled.
Sept. 1, 2026
The QuINSiDa project demonstrates how free-space optical links extend quantum-secure connectivity between fixed infrastructure and mobile platforms; the picture depicts the vision driving the project.
Aug. 31, 2026
Credit: Philipp Denghel
An artist’s impression of a frozen optical fiber core within a glass capillary that efficiently guides and couples light and sound waves.
Aug. 28, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Aug. 25, 2026
Context-aware AR applications require optical systems to maintain readable, high-contrast information across changing real-world environments, which makes legibility and visual comfort increasingly important measures of performance.
Aug. 19, 2026
Credit: Christopher R. Shelton
VAR Lab researchers capture the Liberty Bell with a Canon EOS R5 Mark II for documentation and photogrammetry during one of three limited-access scanning sessions inside the Liberty Bell Center.
Aug. 17, 2026
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A THz electromagnetic wave induces strong, fast temporal modulations that result in a photonic time crystal—a.k.a. a crystal lattice in time for photons.
Aug. 13, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Aug. 11, 2026
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Artist rendering of quantum GPU-supercomputing, with integration via Nvidia NVQLink.
Aug. 10, 2026

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