Polarized light is one of the most powerful tools scientists have for peering inside matter, yet the way it twists, scatters ...

A career in optical physics or engineering means knowing about the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and its detection by instruments. Since the discovery that ...

Geometrical optics, a branch of optics that eschews wave phenomena in favour of ray propagation, continues to underpin advances in lens design and optical engineering. Contemporary studies in this ...

High-accuracy determination of the position of features in the field of view (positioning) is one of the most significant functions of a camera used on a satellite. Knowledge of the inner orientation ...

Changing light's polarization can reverse the structure of a patterned light field, opening a new way to control geometry and information in optics. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Light can be bent, focused, or ...