Pushing the limits of structured light, applied physicists report a new type of optical vortex beam that not only twists as it travels but also changes in different parts at different rates to create ...

On the night of May 16, a large beam of light resembling a spotlight was seen shooting into the night sky in the Southwest, but its source remains unknown. A Facebook post sharing the mysterious light ...

These light pillars appeared over Alix, Canada, when temperatures were minus-20 degrees, according to photographer Tree Tanner. Facebook screengrab Eerie beams of light are appearing at night along ...

Using the ski jump, the authors built beam scanners on chips called photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The cantilevers can be fabricated using processes that have been established for conventional ...