Centrosymmetric crystals have always absorbed equal amounts of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light—until now ...

A condition long considered to be unfavorable to electrical conduction in semiconductor materials may actually be beneficial ...

An international team of scientists led by Rice University's Pengcheng Dai has confirmed the existence of emergent photons ...

The effect of having a birefringent gain crystal is studied in the context of two laser systems: an intracavity frequency-doubled microchip laser and a compact single-frequency laser utilizing a ...

Metals were for decades perceived as devoid of interesting optical properties that could be harnessed for optical components and devices. However, with the development of accurate nanofabrication ...

The molecular-scale structure and dynamics of confined liquids has increasingly gained relevance for applications in nanotechnology. Thus, a detailed knowledge of the structure of confined liquids on ...