A fundamental assumption of physics is toppled: even extremely high-energy radiation is refracted in suitable materials such as silicon or gold Optical instruments like telescopes and microscopes are ...

A team of researchers from the Max Born Institute (MBI), in Berlin, and DESY, in Hamburg, has demonstrated a plasma lens capable of focusing attosecond (as) pulses. The team says this achievement ...

LirOptic, a spin-out company from the Plasmonics and Ultrafast NanoOptics research group at University College Dublin (UCD), is looking to raise €3 million in seed funding for a new kind of optical ...

Using a single lens that is about one-thousandth of an inch thick, researchers have created a camera that does not require focusing. The new lens could drastically reduce the weight, complexity and ...