EPFL scientists have developed a new technique that lets researchers watch, with unprecedented sensitivity, how materials emit polarized light over time.

Photonics is the study of the generation, detection, and manipulation of light waves in the form of photons. One interesting property of light is polarization, defined by its electric and magnetic ...

So light waves can go up and down but they can all also go side to side and diagonally. And the direction that the electric field waves is called the polarization of the light wave. So rope, not ...

The researchers modulated wave polarization at frequencies up to 300 GHz – the fastest achievable with current technology is 40 GHz. It may be possible to go even faster: “At the moment, our speed is ...

Gravitational waves can rotate the polarization of light, providing an indirect means of detection. Nevertheless, this gravitational radiation would affect any light passing through, curling its ...

We show the existence of an inherent property of evanescent electromagnetic waves: spin-momentum locking, where the direction of momentum fundamentally locks the polarization of the wave. We trace the ...

Light waves can be defined by three fundamental characteristics: their color (or wavelength), polarization, and direction. While it has long been possible to selectively filter light according to ...

Physicists at Stevens Institute of Technology use a 350-year-old theorem that explains the workings of pendulums and planets to reveal new properties of light waves.

Polarization control of photonic molecules with evanescent wave coupling Peer-Reviewed Publication. Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS ...

Like brightness and color, polarization is a fundamental property of light that emerges from a laser. The traditional way to control the polarization of a laser was to use a separate component ...

By measuring how energy waves wiggle in the sky over Earth, scientists have created a way to delve into the history of our 13.8 billion-year-old universe — starting right at its "first light." ...