Excitons Let Scientists Reshape Quantum Materials With Less Light
Light can do more than illuminate a material. In some cases, it can temporarily change how electrons move…
Laser Breakthrough Sharpens Radio Telescope Views of Black Holes
Radio telescopes let you study the universe by collecting faint radio waves from distant objects. To see extremely…
Integrated-photonics-based systems for polarization-gradient cooling of trapped ions
Conceptual overview of integrated-photonics-based architectures for polarization-gradient cooling Integrated-photonics-based ion-trap chips build upon traditional surface-electrode-based trap chips by…
New US laser technology could unlock 100,000-qubit quantum computers
Researchers in the US have developed a new technique that could allow quantum computers to scale to well…
High-efficiency broadband active metasurfaces via reversible metal electrodeposition
Pendry, J. B., Schurig, D. & Smith, D. R. Controlling electromagnetic fields. Science 312, 1780–1782 (2006). Article ADS …
A glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real time
A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping…
Kinetically-controlled intermediate-direct-pinning for homogeneous energy landscapes in quasi-two-dimensional perovskites for efficient and narrow blue emission
Anchoring-assisted intermediate direct pinning process The broad phase distribution of quasi-2D perovskites is mainly attributed to the rapid…
Photoswitchable exceptional points derived from bound states in the continuum
The temporal coupled mode theory (TCMT) is a valuable tool for describing the underlying physics of such open…
Fano interference of photon pairs from a metasurface
Materials with zinc-blende crystalline structure, such as GaAs, AlGaAs, GaP, InGaP, etc, are particularly attractive for non-linear wave…
DDS technology enables microwave ion control for quantum computing
Quantum scientists around the world are trying to improve quantum computers to make them more reliableand powerful. The…
Physicists Shatter Quantum Computing Record
In a Caltech lab, a computer screen showed thousands of tiny points of light—each one a single atom,…
Scientists Discover “Virtual Charges” That Exist Only When Light Hits
High-precision optical components used to manipulate attosecond light pulses. Credit: Politecnico di Milano A study led by Politecnico…