optics

Optical Stochastic Cooling Improves Particle Accelerator Beams

Optical Stochastic Cooling Improves Particle Accelerator Beams

The first successful demonstration of a new optical stochastic cooling technique for improving particle accelerator beams has been reported by researchers at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Meter-scale Optical Coherence Tomography: Depth Barrier Broken

Perfect Paraxial Cloaking Device Uses Lenses To Hide Objects

Perfect Paraxial Cloaking Device Uses Lenses To Hide Objects

A new cloaking device that breaks through some of the limitations of previous devices, using inexpensive and widely available materials has been developed at the University of Rochester.

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Multifocal Car Side Mirror without Blind Spots or Distortions

Math Professor Invents Non-Reversing Mirror

Math Professor Invents Non-Reversing Mirror

The Hicks non-reversing mirror is a single, smoothly curved piece of glass that shows a non-reversed image.

Sapphire Optical Fibers: Better Than Silica Fibers?

Sapphire Optical Fibers: Better Than Silica Fibers?

Researchers are bringing ordinary materials to unordinary places by converting readily obtainable and affordable materials into sapphire optical fiber.