Researchers have developed an ultra-thin optical film that improves the quality of the light used in LCD resin-based 3D ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have developed photonic devices that manipulate light to enable innovative applications, like pocket-sized 3D printers ...

When it comes to 3D printing, speed is the ultimate metric, and one research team in China has their print speeds down to less than a second.

Tiny 3D-printed “light cages” are giving researchers a new way to catch and hold individual particles of light on a chip, a capability that has long been a missing ingredient for a practical quantum ...

Vat photopolymerization, a light-based 3D printing technique, conventionally relies on UV light to rapidly transform liquid resins into intricate solid objects. However, the use of visible light as an ...

Modern-day technologies like optical computing, integrated photonics, and digital holography require light signals to be manipulated in three dimensions. To achieve this, it is necessary to be able to ...

The design team at LinkedSparx has created a new range of light panels that can be arranged in a variety of different combinations as well as build three-dimensional lights. Launched via Kickstarter ...

If you own a resin 3D printer you might be interested in a new Kickstarter project launch this month for the Kirin. A 4K light engine specifically designed to help enhance your 3D printing workflow ...

By harnessing the unique properties of tantala (tantalum pentoxide), a team of US-based researchers has created a photonic integrated circuit that can be tuned to deliver laser light across a broad ...