Optics and Photonics
2 reportsOptics and Photonics research tests physical laws and models through measurable quantities, mathematical predictions, and controlled experiments. Its scientific meaning is clarified through optical fibers, spectroscopy, and primary observations, with attention to testable predictions and limiting cases.
Spectroscopy and optical fibers make up the scientific record used here. Its limits become clearer when asking how losses limit devices and where quantum effects appear, keeping definitions, predictions, and observations from being conflated.
Spectroscopy and optical fibers make up the scientific record used here. Its limits become clearer when asking how losses limit devices and where quantum effects appear, keeping definitions, predictions, and observations from being conflated.
Metasurface Grating Demonstrates Compact Solar Magnetic Field Mapping
A polarization-sensitive metasurface grating has matched conventional instruments in mapping solar magnetic fields, offering a route to smaller, simpler, and potentially more robust hardware for future space-based solar telescopes
Coupled Laser Array Reveals Nonlinear Effects in Percolation Transition
A team has experimentally realized percolation using a 100-laser array, uncovering how nonlinear interactions shift the critical threshold and alter cluster formation compared to idealized models