Scientists at MPQ observe antiferromagnetic correlations in one-dimensional fermionic quantum many-body systems

Experiments with fermionic atoms in optical lattices get very close to imitating the behaviour of electrons in solid sta…

​Researchers from the Graphene Flagship use layered materials to create an all-electrical quantum light emitting diodes…

Scientists have, for the first time, identified a method of visualising the quantum behaviour of electrons on a surface. The findings present a promising step forward towards being able to manipulate and control the behaviour of high energy, or ‘hot’, electrons.

By measuring the precise atomic positions from which molecules departed on injection, the team were able to identify tha…

Known as a 'Hilbert-space analyzer,’ the device opens up new ways of analyzing beams of light

The devices typically consist of complex arrangements of mirrors and beam splitters, which cut a beam of light in two an…

Scientists Overcome Limiting Factor on the Way to an Optical Quantum Computer / Publication in “Nature Photonics“

For the first time, scientists now have succeeded in placing a complete quantum optical structure on a chip, as

Physicists at ANU have brought quantum computing a step closer to reality by stopping light in a new experiment. Lead re…

Researchers in the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering have measured the twisting force, or tor…

Invitation to an experts' meeting which will be held by the Nanotechnology Competence Center Kompetenzzentrum Ultrapräzise Oberflächenbearbeitung (CC UPOB) in March 2017

Aspheres are complex optical surfaces which it is extremely demanding to measure accurately. Despite increasingly improv…

A recently awarded patent describes materials enabling significant increase and control of key optical constants: the re…

An ICFO study published in Nature Materials demonstrates how graphene can be employed simultaneously as both a plasmonic medium and detector

The results of this paper open a new pathway to graphene ´plasmo-electronics´, which would allow to perform mid-infrared…

Ward and his team have produced optical transceivers that can interface readily with existing digital or RF EW equipment…

Acoustic resonator device paves the way for better communication

UNSW has struck a $70 million deal to create a consortium to develop and commercialise technology that could lead to the world’s first quantum computer in silicon.

The four-way agreement between UNSW, the researchers, business and the federal government will pave the way for the deve…

Ideally suited for application directly to optics on spot blocks, they are capable of producing surface finishes to 10-5…

Research led by North Carolina State University sheds new light on the ways in which protons and neutrons can bind and e…

They created it on a silicon wafer bearing the official logo of the Canada 150 celebrations using an electron beam litho…

Breaking PT-symmetries for the future of optical technologies

Devices based on light, rather than electrons, could revolutionize the speed and security of our future computers. Howev…

Individual photons of light now can be detected far more efficiently using a device patented (link is external) by a tea…

Observations of atomic interactions could help pave way to room-temperature superconductors.

Physicists at MIT have now cooled a gas of potassium atoms to several nanokelvins — just a hair above absolute zero — an…

Researchers have levitated a tiny nanodiamond particle with a laser in a vacuum chamber, using the technique for the fir…