News tagged with applied physics letters

Light, instead of electrodes, could control deformable mirrors

(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of adaptive optics is advancing in interest as technology makes it possible to use deformable mirrors for a number of applications in optoelectronics. Deformable mirrors usually make use of rigid ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (62) | comments 5 | with audio podcast feature

Which-way detector unlocks some mystery of the double-slit experiment

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the greatest puzzles of the double-slit experiment – and quantum physics in general – is why electrons seem to act differently when being observed. While electrons traveling ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (51) | comments 85 | with audio podcast feature

Carbon nanotubes show the ability to amplify light, could lead to new photonic applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Carbon nanotubes have a lot of really nice properties that make them good for photonics," Laurent Vivien tells PhysOrg.com. Ever since the discovery that carbon nanotubes have photoluminescence when encaps ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jun 23, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (38) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Gallium nitride transistor could replace silicon

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from gallium nitride, which may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (38) | comments 6

Quantum age edges closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- The arrival of superfast quantum computing is closer following recent breakthroughs by an international team led by UNSW researchers.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 05, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (34) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Now You See It, Now You Don't -- an Invisibility Cloak Made of Glass

(PhysOrg.com) -- From Tolkien's ring of power in The Lord of the Rings to Star Trek's Romulans, who could make their warships disappear from view, from Harry Potter's magical cloak to the garment that makes ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (32) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Replacing batteries may become a thing of the past, thanks to 'soft generators'

Battery technology hasn't kept pace with advancements in portable electronics, but the race is on to fix this. One revolutionary concept being pursued by a team of researchers in New Zealand involves creating ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (30) | comments 51 | with audio podcast

Foldable display shows no crease after 100,000 folding cycles

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most difficult problems for designing mobile devices is finding a way to minimize the size of the device while simultaneously maximizing the size of the display. To get the best ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 10 | with audio podcast feature

Turning windows into powerplants

If a new development from labs at MIT pans out as expected, someday the entire surface area of a building’s windows could be used to generate electricity — without interfering with the ability to ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Wireless power could revolutionize highway transportation, researchers say

A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. The ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (27) | comments 66 | with audio podcast

Smart Lighting: New LED Drops the 'Droop'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed and demonstrated a new type of light emitting diode (LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency.

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 14

Physicists develop 3D metamaterial nanolens that achieves super-resolution imaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team from Northeastern University has developed a new nanolens that can beat the diffraction limit to achieve so-called super-resolution imaging, better than can be achieved by current technology. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Coil in wall could wirelessly power multiple electronic devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of MIT physicists has developed a system that can wirelessly transfer power to multiple electronic devices simultaneously with high efficiency. The system takes advantage of electromagnetic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (28) | comments 64 | with audio podcast feature

Toward more efficient wireless power delivery

In 2007, MIT researchers announced that they had discovered a novel way of transmitting electricity without the use of wires. Now, the researchers have demonstrated that the system?s efficiency at transmitting ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

All-carbon-nanotube transistor can be crumpled like a piece of paper

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the flexible yet robust properties of carbon nanotubes, researchers have previously fabricated transistors that can be rolled, folded, and stretched. Now a team from Japan has made ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 3 | with audio podcast feature

Applied Physics Letters

Applied Physics Letters is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics devoted to the publication of new experimental and theoretical papers about applications of physics to science, engineering, and modern technology.

The Journal was established in 1962; the current editor is Nghi Q. Lam, at Argonne National Laboratory.

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