Shaped quantum light is turning ordinary photons into powerful tools for the future of technology.

This review examines the role of twisted light in chiral systems, highlighting its applications in spectroscopy and materials ...

Scientists are learning to engineer light in rich, multidimensional ways that dramatically increase how much information a ...

Researchers from Wits University and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona show how controlling the structure of photons in space and time enables tailored quantum states for next-generation communication ...

Photonics researchers have demonstrated how self-imaging of light, a phenomenon known for nearly two centuries, can be applied to cylindrical systems, facilitating unprecedented control of light's ...

Structured light can significantly enhance information capacity, due to its coupling of spatial dimensions and multiple degrees of freedom. In recent years, the combination of structured light ...

Light can be tailored and shaped in time and frequency (to create ultrafast tailored time pulses) as well as in its spatial degree of freedom. Such structured light has recently attracted the research ...

Beams of light that can be guided into corkscrew-like shapes called optical vortices are used today in a range of applications. Pushing the limits of structured light, Harvard applied physicists in ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The ability to precisely measure and manipulate matter at the nanoscale has emerged as a frontier of paramount importance. From unraveling the fundamental physics of quantum ...

Researchers from the School of Physics at Wits University, working with collaborators from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, have demonstrated how quantum light can be engineered in space and ...