A career in optical physics or engineering means knowing about the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and its detection by instruments. Since the discovery that ...

Engineering physics blends concepts from engineering, physics, and math in an effort to bridge the gap between theoretical science and practical engineering. Engineering physicists focus on research ...

Researchers generated stable vortex light in its lowest-energy state using liquid crystal traps and optical confinement.

Researchers from the Monash University School of Physics and Astronomy have flipped a long-held assumption in optics, showing ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

From fundamental physics to practical devices, Abdoulaye Ndao of UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering and Qualcomm ...

This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features Brian Pogue, who is professor of biomedical engineering at ...

Opaque to transparent: A strong laser illuminating a material in a low-temperature chamber. The laser changes the material's degree of transparency in a reversible way, without heating it. (Courtesy: ...

Roland Winston, SB’56, SM’57, PhD’63—a pioneer in solar energy, engineering, and physics—died Feb. 8 at his home in California. He was 88. Winston was a University of Chicago professor in the ...