Figure 1: The WEBTOP Waves module simulating the interference of the waves in a ripple tank caused by two small oscillating plungers at the back end of the tank. The last 20 years has been a ...

Due to come online later this year and packed with state-of-the-art optics, Advanced LIGO is aiming for a direct detection of gravitational waves that will open a new window on the universe, say Iain ...

Holographic images: the two figures on the left are two holographic images produced by a leaky-wave metasurface at two different distances from the device surface. The other figures are distinct ...

A new book on infrared spectroscopy picks up where all previous books leave off. Jena-based scientist PD Dr. Thomas Mayerhöfer has written the first book on infrared spectroscopy that explains spectra ...

Have you ever wondered why stars appear to “twinkle” in the night sky? These fast and seemingly random changes in the color and brightness of stars arise from how light interacts with different layers ...

First or second year graduate students in BME, Physics, and Electrical Engineering departments. Students should have completed undergraduate physics curriculum including electricity and magnetism and ...