Interference patterns from waves When Young first carried out the double-split experiment in 1801 he found that light behaved like a wave.

The experiment showed that Bohr was definitely correct when he argued for complementarity, and that Einstein had got it wrong ...

Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, tunable remote spatial focus control within a dual-core fiber platform ...

But with monochromatic light, not only did the interference pattern emerge, but it was directly related in an easily calculable way to the wavelength of the light chosen.

Or rather, it’s likely that what we’ve seen is the results of the double-slit experiment, that barcode-looking pattern of light and dark stripes, accompanied by some handwaving about classical ...

Researchers in Germany have unveiled the Metafiber, a breakthrough device that allows ultra-precise, rapid, and compact control of light focus directly within an optical fiber. Unlike traditional ...

The double-slit experiment, originally designed by Thomas Young in 1801, shows that light can form interference patterns, typical of waves. However, when scientists try to determine which slit the ...

Holography—the science of recording and reconstructing light fields—has long been central to imaging, data storage, and ...