Computer-assisted methods aid Heidelberg physicists in reproducing experiment with ultracold atoms

A special laser configuration is used to generate a barrier that locks the atoms in a small area. If multiple wells are…

The research could allow scientists to print glass that incorporates different refractive indices in a single flat optic…

An optical system for a full-field X-ray microscope eliminates chromatic aberrations that previously limited resolution capabilities

Researchers have developed an optical system for use in full-field X-ray microscopes that offers a more practical way to…

Researchers at the University of Melbourne are the first in the world to image how electrons move in two-dimensional gra…

In order to produce tiny optical devices that rely on OAM, ultra-small wavelengths are required, which are not possible…

Experimental model system for exotic materials

The experiments conducted in Utrecht not only confirm the theoretical physicists’ predictions, but also provided new ins…

This is a breakthrough result because it establishes the ultimate performance that any point-to-point protocol of QKD ca…

New findings show the device is responsive to light even when the silicon carbide is illuminated at distances far from t…

Their first light beam has a specific color which only the targeted molecules can absorb. This causes them to heat up a…

IBS scientists model the formation of multivalleys in semiconductor microcavities, bringing new ideas to the emerging valleytronics field

Although polaritons are formed by the coupling of photons and excitons, the research team modeled the two components

Spin-motion coupling as a dominant phenomenon in hybrid systems of atoms and photonic crystals in Nature Communications.

In a one-dimensional photonic crystal waveguide with short-range interactions, they find a rich phase diagram of emergen…

Typically, holography is associated with three-dimensional images of museum relics, souvenirs, marking products and prot…

Researchers at the JQI have performed a first-of-its-kind benchmark test of two small quantum computers built from diffe…

Constructing this device entirely out of a single silicon chip could open the way to using the

Unlike ordinary materials that are either insulators or conductors, topological insulators are both at the same time - t…

Technology May Be Applicable to Fabrication of Logical Operation Devices That Can Be Controlled by Light and Voltage

In this joint research, the group further advanced these findings by drawing transistor circuits on a thin film of photo…

The researchers say that 3-D quantum liquid crystals could play a role in a field called spintronics, in which the direc…

Approach could help fill in the gaps where LIDAR and other line-of-sight based methods fall short, advancing remote sensing and biomedical applications

The approach could help advance real-time remote sensing for military and other applications. For example, it could be u…

By incorporating a resonant tunneling diode, a wavelength from a THz wave can be converted to a near-infrared wave that…

New technique using nano-antennas to make photonic integrated devices smaller with a broader wavelength range could transform optical communications

To demonstrate this technique, they built photonic integrated devices that not only had record-small footprints but were…