(Phys.org) —A new laser developed by a research group at Caltech holds the potential to increase by orders of magnitude the rate of data transmission in the optical-fiber network—the backbone of the Internet.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 20, 2014
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Picture the Louvre pyramid: the iconic glass pyramid that serves as main entrance and skylight to the landmark museum. The pyramid is illuminated at night, creating a magical ambience. Imagine strolling next to it while a ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 21, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Faster, smaller electronics are one step closer with researchers from The Australian National University successfully making the first room temperature lasers from gallium arsenide nanowires.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 18, 2013
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Researchers at MIT have succeeded in producing and measuring a coupling of photons and electrons on the surface of an unusual type of material called a topological insulator. This type of coupling had been predicted by theorists, ...
General Physics
Oct 24, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working at China's National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics has developed a means for mimicking gravitational lensing in a way that allows for viewing ...
(Phys.org) —Scientists at SLAC have found a new method to create coherent beams of twisted light – light that spirals around a central axis as it travels. It has the potential to generate twisted light in shorter pulses, ...
General Physics
Sep 19, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at the University of St Andrews has created the world's fastest spinning man-made object.
General Physics
Aug 28, 2013
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A pair of experimental atomic clocks based on ytterbium atoms at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set a new record for stability. The clocks act like 21st-century pendulums or metronomes that ...
General Physics
Aug 22, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated that they can change the intensity, phase, and polarization of light rays using a hologram-like design decorated ...
Nanophysics
Aug 20, 2013
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A team of researchers at Germany's University of Darmstadt has succeeded in causing light to stop and then to be held in place for 60 seconds. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the researchers ...
