Read article: Tiny beam shaper fabricated on the tip of a fibre creates twisted light
Researchers use 3D laser printing to create high-quality optical elements directly on the tip of an optical fibre
Read article: Compact source produces 10 million single photons per second
Efficiency advancements in this room-temperature source should help realize real-world quantum encryption, say researchers
Read article: X-ray microscopy sharpens up
New approach combines a numerical reconstruction algorithm with an X-ray lens to achieve higher image quality
Read article: Flexible organic LED produces ‘romantic’ candle-like light
New device might find applications in flexible lighting and smart displays that can be used at night without disrupting the body's biological clock
Read article: Quantum physics sets a speed limit for fastest possible optoelectronic switch
Switching speeds faster than 1 petahertz harm the transmitted signal, say researchers
Read article: Optical chipmaker focuses on high-performance computing
Lightelligence co-founders Yichen Shen and Spencer Powers on how the company spun out of MIT, its latest product and future plans
Read article: Closest black hole is really a vampire star, augmented reality comes to prescription eyeglasses
We chat about curved waveguide technology and a mysterious stellar system
Read article: Electrically responsive fluid creates a variable-focus liquid lens
A lightweight, compact adaptive liquid lens could prove ideal for mobile phone cameras, endoscopes and machine vision applications
Read article: Ultrashort visible light pulses made easy
New method uses a commercially available laser system to generate femtosecond pulses of visible light
Read article: Metal-organic frameworks stabilize perovskite LEDs
New structures could find use in consumer electronics, medical imaging and photovoltaic devices
