A light-connected world
Harald Haas explains how ordinary LED light bulbs could become our portals to the digital world thanks to a new wireless communications network that uses visible light
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3D display exploits twisted light
Images are encoded in orbital angular momentum of photons
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Molecules break up under quantum control
New technique could provide entangled atoms for matter-wave experiments
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Tiny 3D-printed lens can pass through a syringe needle
High-quality compound lenses could be used on insect-sized drone aircraft
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Keeping our data safe: optical memory enters the 5D realm
Glass nanostructures etched using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses promise to keep vast quantities of data for billions of years
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Patterned liquid crystals guide light through planar lens
Research could help to develop "smart" glass of the future
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New radio antenna avoids unwanted signals
Simple, low-cost device could also be used in energy harvesting
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Ultrathin lens is free of chromatic aberrations
Anomalous and conventional dispersion cancel each other out
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International Year of Light draws to a close
Successful year marked by thousands of events held in more than 100 countries worldwide
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Welcome to Lightfest
Light-based technologies wow the crowds at Birmingham's new central library
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