ICFO study achieves unprecedented ultra-sensitive force measurements with multilayer graphene optomechanical devices.

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, ICFO researchers have achieved unprecedented ultra-sensitive measu…

Scientists from Russia and Australia put forward a simple new way of counting microscopic particles in optical materials…

The research is expected to result in a new class of device technologies with previously inaccessible attributes and mer…

A group of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers in Germany report using 3-D direct laser writing based on two-photon polymerization as a tool to fabricate custom-made probes for atomic force microscopy

A group of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology researchers in Germany report using 3-D direct laser writing based on two-p…

Make practical quantum optimization one step closer to reality

The researchers believe that this work is an important step in eliminating a bottleneck for scalable quantum optimizatio…

Researchers have built a record energy-efficient switch, which uses the interplay of electricity and a liquid form of li…

Built-in optics could enable chips that use trapped ions as quantum bits.

Ram and Karan Mehta, an MIT graduate student in electrical engineering and first author on the new paper, designed and b…

A new spin-out from DTU has recently marketed a sensor system allowing you to monitor activity inside concrete structures from your desk.

The new sensor is connected to a light source and a light analyser. When transmitting laser light into the fibre, the li…

Unlike most telescope mirrors made of glass or aluminum, this particular optic is made of carbon nanotubes embedded in a…

The key to their results was the use of a specific exotic laser beam—called a ring-Airy beam—to generate a THz wave that…

Researchers have predicted that artificial defects in the crystal lattice of diamond can be turned into ultrabright and…

New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining…

The first step on a new path to quantum supremacy has been proposed by a mathematician from the University of Bristol.

In this paper, the researchers propose a family of quantum experiments based on a new approach, known as commuting quant…

Researchers have developed a theory of plasma waves that can infer these properties in greater detail than in standard a…

A new quantum computer module combines proven techniques with advances in hardware and software.

Researchers have introduced the first fully programmable and reconfigurable quantum computer module. The new device, dub…

Specifically, the team was interested in strong coupling in light-matter interactions where there are a large number of…

A team led by City College physics professor Vinod Menon demonstrates the use of metamaterials to enhance the light emis…

Material can lead to new optical devices

The researchers describe the metamaterial this week in Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing, and how its ability…

Smallest Photodetector Worldwide for Optical Data Transmission – Publication in Optica

KIT researchers have now developed a novel type of photodetector that needs far less space than conventional ones. The c…

Light circulating inside the cavity produces a force that makes the cavity vibrate, or quiver, creating the so-called op…