USC engineers have developed an optical system that routes light autonomously using thermodynamic principles. Rather than relying on switches, light organizes itself much like particles in a gas ...

In the age of information, data processing and computation are essential. But current computation devices lack scalability and suffer from high carbon emissions. So researchers are constantly looking ...

A new publication from Opto-Electronic Science; DOI 10.29026/oes.2023.220025 considers specialty optical fibers for advanced sensing applications. Optical fiber technology has changed the world in ...

A schematic of a next-generation ultra-thin camera that utilizes metasurfaces, a nano-optical device, to secure light paths: By aligning metasurfaces horizontally on a glass substrate, light reflects ...

When the existing optical components have been discontinued or the existing optical products cannot meet the customer's application requirements, reverse optical engineering is a reliable and ...

The Optical Engineering plenary held 5 August at SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025 in San Diego, between 3-7 August, contributed both some ruggedness and a little sparkle to the week’s proceedings.

Meta-optics is a rapidly emerging field that combines the principles of metamaterials and optical engineering to control and manipulate light in unprecedented ways. It involves the design and ...

The seamless integration of optical systems into medical devices presents both unique challenges and significant opportunities.

*Opto-Electronics is an option in cooperation with the Department of Physics, and may be pursued by students enrolled in the MS Eng in EE program. This option contains required and recommended courses ...

Astronomy has always relied on optical instruments, from the early Galilean telescope to fiber-fed spectrographs, so much so that astronomy and modern optics are called astrophotonics. Since ...