New approach could also be used to create artificial materials such as exotic quantum magnets
Read article: ‘Coherent optical engineering’ turns opaque material temporarily transparent
New technique could help avoid the need for highly optically nonlinear materials
Read article: Interference wall captures single photons
Nanostructured metasurface overcomes a previous limitation for these materials
Read article: Chalcogenide glasses open up to visible and ultraviolet wavelengths
"Twisted" wavefront structures had previously only been seen in photons and electrons
Read article: Atoms and molecules make vortex beams
Scattering-invariant modes of light are transmitted through a disordered medium in the same way as through homogeneous space
Read article: Indestructible light waves travel through opaque material as if it isn’t there
Tailoring the spatial profile of the incident laser beam enables accurate measurement of objects hidden behind disordered structures
Read article: Complex light waves measure hidden objects
Highly nonlinear process observed in lanthanide nanocrystals could lead to advanced imaging, sensing and light detection applications
Read article: Tiny particles produce huge photon avalanches
Measurements of transverse spin from unpolarized light sources raise further questions over the physical origins of spin angular momentum
Read article: Spin in unpolarized light defies conventional picture
Devices could be put on satellites to create Earth-sized detector
Read article: Optical clock sets new constraints on dark matter
New device converts twisted laser light into mechanical work
Read article: Optical matter machine steps up a gear
