Stanford physicists have engineered a sophisticated optical cavity capable of harvesting single photons from individual atoms.

Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will ...

Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV, 100–200 nm) light sources are indispensable for advanced spectroscopy, quantum research, and ...

In the decade since the last AMO survey, there have been considerable advances in AMO science. These advances have fundementally changed not only this field buthave also strengthened its impact and ...

For the first time in its history, the UA College of Optical Sciences is undergoing a change in leadership. Thomas Koch, director of the Center for Optical Technologies at Lehigh University, will ...

A research group has discovered significant nonreciprocal optical absorption of LiNiPO4, referred to as the optical diode effect, in which divalent nickel (Ni2+) ions are responsible for magnetism, by ...

The UA College of Optical Sciences received a $20 million pledge for 10 new endowed faculty positions, the largest gift of its kind in the university's history. The pledge comes from the college's ...

Single-photon emitters quantum mechanically connect quantum bits (or qubits) between nodes in quantum networks. They are typically made by embedding rare-earth elements in optical fibers at extremely ...