Optical dispersion occurs when the refractive index of a material changes with the wavelength of incoming light. This variation causes different colors to move at different speeds in transparent media ...

Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river’s famed tidal ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...

Abstract illustration of a quantum double-slit experiment. Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. MIT physicists have recreated the most iconic experiment in quantum physics — this time with individual atoms ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Structured illumination microscopy (SIM) overcomes the diffraction limit of optical ...

Interferometry is a technique that combines light waves to produce interference patterns, which can be analyzed to measure distances, shapes, and surface features with extreme precision. 1 Thanks to ...

A cat’s whisker and laser can show the wave nature of light. When laser light hits a cat’s whisker or a hair, it makes surprising patterns that demonstrate light’s wave nature. The spacing of the ...

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Tokyo, Japan – One of the simplest and most beautiful naturally occurring patterns can be observed when light is shined through a pair of slightly misaligned periodic structures. This phenomenon, ...