Classical optics, rooted in the laws of reflection and refraction that treat light as rays, has long provided a practical framework for imaging and illumination. By contrast, physical optics delves ...

Twenty-five years ago, Polish immigrants Joanna Jannson and her husband, Tomasz assembled a laser laboratory, complete with optical lenses and recording film in the garage of their Redondo Beach home.

Exploring the fundamental laws of physics has often required huge accelerators and particles colliding at high energies. But table-top experiments, usually employing exquisitely tuned lasers and ...