Skoltech researchers used the resources of the university's Zhores supercomputer to study a new method of generating gamma-ray combs for nuclear and X-ray photonics and spectroscopy of new materials. The paper was published ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 1, 2021
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Be it with smartphones, laptops, or mainframes: The transmission, processing, and storage of information is currently based on a single class of material—as it was in the early days of computer science about 60 years ago. ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 10, 2020
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The Internet of Things (IoT) allowing smart phones, home appliances, drones and self-driving vehicles to exchange digital information in real time requires a powerful security solution, as it can have a direct impact on user ...
General Physics
Nov 6, 2020
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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Institute of Photonic Sciences have developed a method to generate circularly polarized light from the ultimate symmetrical structure: the sphere. Their approach involves breaking ...
Nanophysics
Sep 4, 2020
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A scientist might want to do cartwheels upon making a discovery, but this time the discovery itself relies on cartwheels.
Optics & Photonics
Jun 29, 2020
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Control of the polarization of light is a key feature for displays, optical data storage, optical quantum information, and chirality sensing. In particular, the direct emission of circularly polarized (CP) light has attracted ...
Materials Science
Dec 13, 2019
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After developing a method to control exciton flows at room temperature, EPFL scientists have discovered new properties of these quasiparticles that can lead to more energy-efficient electronic devices.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 4, 2019
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An international team led by researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, has designed a family of molecules capable of binding to metal ions present in the surrounding environment and providing an easily ...
Materials Science
Aug 15, 2018
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Nanokirigami has taken off as a field of research in the last few years; the approach is based on the ancient arts of origami (making 3-D shapes by folding paper) and kirigami (which allows cutting as well as folding) but ...
Nanophysics
Jul 6, 2018
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A technique to manipulate electrons with light could bring quantum computing up to room temperature.
Quantum Physics
May 10, 2018
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