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…
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 …
Scientists reduce the time for quantum learning tasks from 20 million years to 15 minutes
Learning how a physical system behaves usually means repeating measurements and using statistics to uncover patterns. That approach…
New quantum device operates at room temperature for stable qubits
Stanford University researchers say they have developed a nanoscale optical device that could shift the direction of quantum…
Scientists make dark excitons 300,000x brighter for quantum tech
Researchers at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of Texas at Austin have achieved…
Scientists miniaturize quantum optics to boost next-gen processors
Germany has taken another major step toward realizing scalable quantum computers with the launch of SmaraQ, a collaborative…
Scientists Use Novel Materials That Mimic Wormholes and Multiple Realities to “Transcend the Limitations of Physical Dimensions”
In Erwin Schrödinger’s most famous thought experiment, a cat is seemingly able to be alive and dead simultaneously,…
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…
Scientists Unlock New Way To Control Exotic Light Waves in 2D Materials
Illustrative scenario of propagation of DPP, at Terahertz frequencies, induced by the tip of a s-SNOM microscope in…
Scientists Unlock Diamond’s Quantum Potential
Illustration showing photon emission from a nanodiamond and light directed by a bullseye antenna. Credit: SciTechDaily.com, inspired by…