Physicists are involved in an unusually heated debate over the reality of a new kind of refraction and about the possibility of making perfect lenses. Edwin Cartlidge reports. If you think science is ...

Explore the multifaceted concept of the prism, illustrating how it reflects the interplay between perception, light, and ...

THE author tells us that this book is the outcome of a series of lectures which he has given at the Moorfields Eye Hospital to candidates for the new Ophthalmic Diploma of the Conjoint Board of ...

Optics in Physics: Optics is a fascinating branch of Physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or ...

Most people know that light travels in a straight line unless something acts upon it to change its direction. The three most common methods of changing the direction of light are refraction, ...

When a spectrometer is being configured for a given experiment, one of the commonly overlooked considerations is in selecting the best fiber optic cable. While there are many different factors to ...