During the early 1800s, the first spectrometer was developed by spreading different colors of sunlight onto a screen. It was later noticed that certain dark bands in the solar spectrum, known as ...

Spectral resolution Researchers in China have used uneven layers of lithium niobate to create a new type of snapshot spectrometer. (Courtesy: iStock/koey) A new integrated “snapshot spectroscopy” ...

Streams of ultrashort light pulses delivered from mode-locked laser resonators stimulate potential applications in ultrafast science and information technology. Here the elementary pulse entity, ...

(Nanowerk News) Butterflies can see more of the world than humans, including more colors and the field oscillation direction, or polarization, of light. This special ability enables them to navigate ...