With an applied physics: optics degree, you’ll gain specialized expertise in optics, preparing you for diverse career opportunities in technology, research, and academia. Become who you’re meant to be ...

Optical computing has emerged as a powerful approach for high-speed and energy-efficient information processing. Diffractive ...

Optics and photonics seek to both explain physical phenomena and enable practical development of technologies through the understanding and manipulation of light. This page highlights recent engaging ...

Properties that remain unchanged when materials are stretched or bent, which are broadly referred to as topological ...

Glass nanostructures etched using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses promise to keep vast quantities of data safe for billions of years, describe Peter Kazansky, Ausra Cerkauskaite and Rokas ...

Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Electronics are increasingly being paired with optical systems, such as when accessing the internet on an electronically run computer through fiber optic cables. But meshing ...

A method of optically selecting and sorting nanoparticles according to their quantum mechanical properties has been developed by researchers in Japan. The method could prove a crucial tool for makers ...

Visit Corning at CES 2026 Corning will showcase its award-winning technologies and other innovations at CES 2026 in the West ...

Can you trust your own eyes? This video might be one strong case for a resounding, “No!” Even after the trick behind the magic is revealed, it’s hard to make your brain parse the truth. Although this ...