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A new quantum communication method uses the temporal Talbot effect to simplify high-dimensional quantum key distribution.

A single flat metalens now handles both excitation and fluorescence collection for diamond quantum sensors, enabling ...

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The latest news on Optics and Photonics Is this glass square the long, long future of data storage? Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technology that can non-invasively generate cross-sectional images of tissue. OCT is widely used in eye clinics to diagnose and manage retinal diseases ...

Geometric optics is a confusing subject for many physics students, who often first encounter the subject in introductory college physics classes. Traditional instruction in geometric optics is not as ...

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