Boyle received the Nobel for physics Thursday, a prize he's sharing with two other physicists honoured for their work in optics. Boyle, 85, shares the award with George E. Smith and Charles Kao for ...

Researchers have developed, for the first time in the world, incoherent dielectric tensor tomography (iDTT), a technology ...

It is my pleasure to announce that the new head of WPI’s Department of Physics (PH) is Lyubov Titova, an accomplished scholar and teacher who leads the Ultrafast THz and Optical Spectroscopy Lab at ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a ...

Scientists at Hokkaido University have now introduced a method that can measure these forces with high precision. Using this ...

Atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics explores the quantum behaviour of electrons, atoms and light, and their mutual interactions across energy, length and time scales. In atoms and molecules, ...

Scientists have created tiny “optical tornadoes” — swirling beams of light that twist like miniature whirlwinds — using a ...

Atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics is a foundational discipline within the physical sciences. It is the study of light and matter and their interactions, and deals with electrons, atoms, ...

With an applied physics: optics degree, you’ll gain specialized expertise in optics, preparing you for diverse career opportunities in technology, research, and academia. Become who you’re meant to be ...

Glass nanostructures etched using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses promise to keep vast quantities of data safe for billions of years, describe Peter Kazansky, Ausra Cerkauskaite and Rokas ...