The Ceran discs, freshly cut from the old stovetop and awaiting polishing. (Credit: Huygens Optics) Ceran is a name brand for a type of glass ceramic that has a very low coefficient of thermal ...

After decades of physics-based theorizing, researchers have succeeded in creating a novel optical metamaterial using conventional materials. Its enhanced electromagnetic effect may make true one-way ...

Researchers have discovered how to make an optical metamaterial that would underpin a variety of new technologies. A new approach has allowed researchers at Aalto University to create a kind of ...

Researchers have developed a new fabrication process that allows infrared (IR) glass to be combined with another glass and formed into complex miniature shapes. The new technique can be used to create ...

Glass science has evolved into a multidisciplinary field that interrogates the unique structural, chemical, and optical properties of glass materials. Owing to their inherent disorder and ...

Optics and photonics society SPIE has chosen Schott as the winner of its latest "Catalyst Award", after the Germany-headquartered glass giant showed it is possible to make optical-grade glass with ...