Six reusable module families support micromirrors, microlenses, optical benches and wafer-level packaging for integrated optical devices.

A tiny device that can be reprogrammed using a laser could lead to adaptable devices for computing, imaging and ...

A unique thermal-management device keeps optical components at a known, stable temperature and is key to their consistent performance. It’s interesting to see how a physics principle that was ...

A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has created a new breakthrough in photonics: the design of the first optical device that follows the emerging ...

Light can be sculpted into countless shapes. Yet building optical devices that can simultaneously manipulate many different optical patterns at once is extremely complicated, and remains a major ...

In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending spacetime, creating a point of no return. While black holes have fascinated ...

A new technique for controlling optical components with light could help usher in a generation of high-efficiency ...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for ways to control optical frequencies using a miniaturized device that would fit on a microchip, and eventually make ...

Researchers have developed a new 3D printing method called blurred tomography that can rapidly produce microlenses with commercial-level optical quality. The new method may make it easier and faster ...

Kerry Vahala and collaborators from UC Santa Barbara have found a unique solution to an optics problem. When we last checked in with Caltech's Kerry Vahala three years ago, his lab had recently ...

Researchers have developed a wearable optical device for early detection of hemorrhage during labor or after childbirth. This serious heavy bleeding can be hard to detect before it becomes an ...