15+ hour, 32+ min ago  (130+ words) A new solid-state material turns visible light into high-energy UV radiation at sunlight intensity. [Image: Naoyuki Harada, Kyushu University] Ultraviolet light has innumerable uses in science and manufacturing, yet such wavelengths constitute only 6% of the sunlight reaching Earth's surface. A…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (32+ words) Metal Complex Beauty Optics & Photonics News "Shahrul Kadri Ayop, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjung Malim, Malaysia Send us your Best! Submit an Image to: - OPN Image of the Week / After Image "...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (74+ words) This artist's impression shows lasers involved in direct-drive fusion magnetizing a plasma. [Image: Kyle Palmer / PPPL Communications Department] The researchers used two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to follow the expansion of the plasma created by firing intense laser pulses from all sides…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (68+ words) Optics & Photonics News Naturally focused undulations on the back of a glass disk are illuminated by an LED and focused onto the translucent front as a network of caustics, exhibiting the geometries predicted by singularity theory. ' "Sculpture by glass artist…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (210+ words) : A light-driven fabrication process enabled this croissant-shaped microstructure to be assembled from microparticles of silica. [Image: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems] To assemble the structure, a femtosecond laser is used to heat a small area close to the opening…...