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Natalia Litchinitser's lab will establish new ways for controlling structured light and electromagnetic radiation as part of ...

In a discovery that challenges conventional optics, scientists have managed to make a laser beam cast its own shadow—a feat previously thought impossible, as light typically passes through other light ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a laser-powered plasma antenna that transmits radio signals ...

A continuous laser focused to a few microns, carrying 75 kilowatts of power, has been used to sharpen cryo-electron ...

When most people picture an antenna, they think of a slim metal rod, whether the thin, extendable rod on a portable FM radio ...

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Can light itself cast a shadow? It may sound like a philosophical riddle, but researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow. The ...

A multipass integrating-sphere method measures scattering and absorption losses in YAG and Yb:YAG ceramics with sevenfold ...