Nano-optics, by bridging the gap between classical optics and nanotechnology, explores light at dimensions smaller than its wavelength. It leverages phenomena like plasmonics, near-field optics, and ...

Quantum optics is a branch of physics that studies the behavior of light and its interactions with matter at the quantum level. It explores phenomena that arise from the quantum nature of light and ...

An illustration of the energy exchanges taking place during the experiment. Credit: I. Maillette de Buy Wenniger A new study in Physical Review Letters illuminates the intricacies of energy exchanges ...

While both thermal and night vision lenses are necessary for seeing in the dark, they have different functions and ways of working. Night vision optics are perfect for low light levels because they ...

I’m still working through content from this summer’s Outdoor Life optics test, in which I dragooned volunteer testers to evaluate 45 rifle scopes, 17 binoculars, eight spotting scopes, and 23 thermal ...