Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In an earlier Lindstrom’s Perspective, I described cataract surgery and IOL implantation as a modern-day miracle ...

A new class of optical thin-film materials enables the refractive index to be tuned to extremely low values. E Fred Schubert and colleagues believe that this capability could have important ...

Mode-division multiplexing based on few-mode optical fiber is a promising technology to increase the transmission capacity of ...

The Brix scale, derived from the refractive index of a solution at 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit), is widely known. Originally, it was established by determining the weight percentage of sucrose ...

The water content of hydraulic brake fluid affects boiling point, viscosity and the corrosive nature of the fluid. Brake overheating can boil fluids containing a significant amounts of water, causing ...