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 ...

A twisted pair of photonic crystals integrated with MEMS can dynamically control the handedness of light on a chip.

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a chip-scale device ...

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 ...

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: ...

Michelle Lollie transitioned from a career in finance to developing quantum optical systems in industry. She talks to Tushna Commissariat about the American Physical Society (APS) Bridge Program; as ...

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 ...

From left: Cohen, Gopinath, Krueper in the lab. Their paper, “Realistic model of entanglement-enhanced sensing in optical fibers,” was published in Optics Express earlier this year. Research into ...

1 Or MATH.1280 Calculus 1A and MATH.1290 Calculus 1B, followed by MATH.1320 Calculus II. 2 A grade of C or better in Calculus II is required. 3 PHYS.3380 Optics and Waves satisfies the prerequisite ...

Physics is the study of matter and energy. A degree in physics introduces you to the nature, properties, actions, and interactions that can help you understand the composition and behavior of the ...