Engines of light: New study suggests we could increase useful energy obtained from sunlight

Physicists from Trinity College Dublin believe new insights into the behavior of light may offer a new means of solving one ...

Self-configuring optical devices automatically learn how to sort out light

Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different ...
IEEE

Applicability of Physical Optics for Predicting the Diffraction Pattern of Binary Metasurfaces

Abstract: In this paper, we outline the domain of adequacy for the well-known approximation of physical optics (PO) for binary metasurfaces (MSs). First, we show that beyond the approximation of ...
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Australian Camera Magazine Imaging Awards 2026 winners announced

So, in a nutshell, there’s a lot to take into account when picking a winner in each of the Australian Camera Magazine Imaging ...
IEEE

Quantitative Diffraction Tomography for Weak Scatterers Based on Aliasing Modification of the Multifrequency Spatial Spectrum

Abstract: Diffraction tomography (DT) is a linear approach to solving electromagnetic inverse scattering problems. Based on the weak scattering assumptions (such as Born or Rytov approximations), the ...
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Ramanujan's Unexpected Formulas Are Still Unraveling The Mysteries Of The Universe

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...