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 ...

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 ...

Observations of a pulsar, consisting of a dead star spinning 600 times a second, and feasting on a stellar companion reveal the source powering its emissions.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

It is well known that light propagating as an electromagnetic wave or photon carries momentum along the direction of the wave's propagation, and that this momentum is independent of polarization ...

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." ...

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 ...