Physicists in Australia have become the first researchers to levitate a macroscopic object using lasers. The physicists used three lasers to form a levitational "tripod" that could hold a small mirror ...

Using two optically trapped glass nanoparticles, researchers observed a novel collective Non-Hermitian and nonlinear dynamic driven by nonreciprocal interactions. This contribution expands traditional ...

Scientists have taken a cutting-edge development from 2018 and pushed it even further, creating a levitation ray capable of lifting microscopic material. At the heart of this innovation is a ...

With a clever design, researchers have solved eddy-current damping in macroscopic levitating systems, paving the way for a ...

Optical manipulation and photophoretic forces offer transformative tools for the control and analysis of aerosol particles. Optical trapping utilises highly focused light beams to exert radiation ...

ESA’s Darwin mission will look for extrasolar planets and signs of life. The Agency’s Technology Research Programme has sponsored the development of critical optical components whose frictionless ...