MIT researchers have converted chaotic, disordered laser light into a high-speed brain imaging tool ...

At high power, laser light inside a multimode optical fiber is supposed to misbehave. The beam usually breaks into a noisy, ...

MIT researchers discovered a paradoxical phenomenon in optical physics that could enable a new bioimaging method that's ...

Scientists at MIT discovered that chaotic laser light can spontaneously form a highly focused beam instead of scattering—if ...

An international team of physicists has achieved a significant advance in laser science, demonstrating for the first time a ...

By harnessing the unique properties of tantala (tantalum pentoxide), a team of US-based researchers has created a photonic integrated circuit that can be tuned to deliver laser light across a broad ...

Laser light can lift and steer tiny chips in three dimensions, demonstrating a new form of propulsion for spacecraft.

Metabolic imaging is a noninvasive method that enables clinicians and scientists to study living cells using laser light, which can help them assess disease progression and treatment responses. But ...

Researchers have found that under certain conditions, a laser beam can act like an opaque object and cast a shadow, opening new possibilities for technologies that could use a laser beam to control ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University have demonstrated a laser-driven propulsion system that can lift ...

After a surprising discovery that overcomes a longstanding problem in fiber optics, MIT researchers demonstrated a biomedical ...