Imagine a lens less than a millimeter thick that can make 3D images float in mid-air. This could change how we see displays.

Why should you consider optical bonding for your portable design? Do you need anti-glare or anti-reflective enhancements in the product? Should you plan on a more powerful backlight for your thin-film ...

Holographic optical displays and augmented reality systems represent a rapidly evolving field where cutting‐edge photonics meets human–machine interaction. The integration of holography with advanced ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid is the basis of life, but soon the physical structure could provide the basis for new optical devices. This is according to a research team based at Northwestern University, who ...

Electronic displays are widely used in the healthcare industry for diverse applications such as patient monitoring, medical imaging diagnostics, archiving medical records, and EMT response. Because ...

These devices are the first to demonstrate simultaneous control of all four optical degrees of freedom, namely, amplitude, phase, polarization ellipticity, and polarization orientation--a world record ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for synthesizing halide perovskite nanocrystals, a critical step in creating not only power sources for nano-electronic devices but ...

Smartphone industry has seen a lot of innovations in the past couple of years, including in-display fingerprint sensors, different display types and designs, and innovative camera solutions, among ...

A new scalable manufacturing method enables ultrahigh-resolution quantum dot displays without damaging their optical ...

You’ve seen it a million times in science fiction movies and TV shows: a moving holographic display. From Princess Leia asking for help to virtual tennis on Total Recall, it is a common enough idea.

Apple is continuing development of optical under-display fingerprint reading technology, possibly for a future iPhone. Although Apple's iPhones haven't featured Touch ID for several generations now, ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new class of integrated photonic devices—"leaky-wave metasurfaces"—that can convert light initially confined in an optical waveguide to an ...