Optical sensors are a broad class of device for detecting light intensity. This can be just a simple component for notifying when ambient light levels rise above or fall below a prescribed level, or a ...

A transistor that operates with photons rather than electrons is often heralded as the next step in information processing, but optical technology must first prove itself to be a viable solution in ...

Optical techniques, such as bioluminescence and fluorescence, are emerging as powerful new modalities for molecular imaging in disease and therapy. Combining innovative molecular biology and chemistry ...

Abstract: We introduce an electro-optic hardware platform for nonlinear activation functions in optical neural networks. The optical-to-optical nonlinearity operates by converting a small portion of ...

OptiCore is a Blender-addon to provide accurate and well-defined models of optical elements (lenses, mirrors, etc.) as well as a few selected optimechanical components (optical bench, posts). These ...

Abstract: The recently developed digital coherent receiver enables us to employ a variety of spectrally efficient modulation formats such as $M$-ary phase-shift ...

Optical illusions are fun and intriguing, and we don't always know why they happen. Here are some of our favourites. Square A and square B in the illustration above are the same colour. It seems ...