Ukrainian Polar Researchers Capture Rare Optical Phenomenon Near Akademik Vernadsky Station. The National Antarctic ...

Researchers at the Würzburg site of the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat have succeeded in transferring the topological quantum Hall and spin Hall effects to a hybrid light-matter system by harnessing ...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have used a classic optical phenomenon known as the Poisson spot to create stable patterns of light called optical skyrmions, ...

Across the world, there are naturally occurring optical illusions that captivate spectators. Cloud formations can sometimes make it seem like there's an ocean or a UFO in the sky. Whether it is salt ...

Metasurfaces are ultra-thin assemblies of subwavelength structures engineered to manipulate light at the nanoscale. When designed from materials with strong optical nonlinearity, these planar ...