Reliably measuring the polarization state of light is crucial for various technological applications, ranging from optical ...

The "zebra" pattern is unique to a single emission from the Crab Pulsar, unlike the typical broadband pulses seen in other ...

A city in Oregon is pleading with locals to stop taping googly eyes onto roadside sculptures as the goofy gag is costing a ...

Beam splitters are also essential for generating holograms and similar optical illusions. They segregate light from an object, with one part reflecting off of the beam splitter and the other passing ...

Who Was Heron (Hero) of Alexandria? The Greek mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria was active in his native city of ...

The method utilizes the surface susceptibility model (SSM), a parametric model of metasurfaces, in conjunction with geometrical optics (GO) and physical optics (PO). The study showcases that through ...

A team led by Prof. Dong Erbao from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of ...

Applied optics is a branch of optics and photonics that specifically focuses on using light for practical purposes. Such uses include collecting light from the sun and converting it to electricity ...

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Finally, we propose a geometric model to reconstruct the smectic layer structure in the gaps between neighboring FCDs to estimate the energetic effects of nonzero eccentricity and assess their ...