Time is almost up on the way we track each second of the day, with optical atomic clocks set to redefine the way the world ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will ...

Recently, a remarkable discovery has been made. Ancient Chinese scrolls, well-preserved and steeped in history, are shedding new light on our understanding of optics. These ancient texts suggest an ...

Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV, 100–200 nm) light sources are indispensable for advanced spectroscopy, quantum research, and ...

Light does a lot of work in the modern world, enabling all types of information technology, from TVs to satellites to ...

Left: Schematic of the introduced prototype device for the measurement of specular surfaces, comprised of an unpolarized display and a polarization camera. Right: Measurement example: Object, camera ...

A research group has discovered significant nonreciprocal optical absorption of LiNiPO4, referred to as the optical diode effect, in which divalent nickel (Ni2+) ions are responsible for magnetism, by ...

The UA College of Optical Sciences’ 50th anniversary is this year, but it has more to celebrate than a birthday. The college just received the largest scholarship gift in University of Arizona history ...

The UA College of Optical Sciences received a $20 million pledge for 10 new endowed faculty positions, the largest gift of its kind in the university's history. The pledge comes from the college's ...

The Committee on Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences (CAMOS) supports scientific progress and assists the federal government in the planning of programs in these fields by providing advice on the ...