Walk into a quantum lab where scientists trap ions, and you'll find benchtops full of mirrors and lenses, all focusing lasers to hit an ion "trapped" in place above a chip. By using lasers to control ions, scientists have ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 22, 2020
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A new design for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) developed by a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may hold the key to overcoming a long-standing limitation in the light sources' ...
Nanophysics
Aug 14, 2020
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Laser light traveling through ornately microfabricated glass has been shown to interact with itself to form self-sustaining wave patterns called solitons. The intricate design fabricated in the glass is a type of "photonic ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 1, 2020
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Scientists have developed a new type of laser that can deliver high amounts of energy in very short bursts of time, with potential applications in eye and heart surgery or the engineering of delicate materials.
Optics & Photonics
May 25, 2020
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By observing electrons that have been accelerated to extremely high energies, scientists are able to unlock clues about the particles that make up our universe.
General Physics
Apr 3, 2020
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Of the many divergent approaches to building a practical quantum computer, one of the most promising paths leads toward ion traps. In these traps, single ions are held still and serve as the basic units of data, or qubits, ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 29, 2020
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Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to better detect all collisions of stellar-mass black holes in the universe.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 31, 2019
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An international team of scientists from Australia, Japan and the United States has produced a prototype of a large-scale quantum processor made of laser light.
Optics & Photonics
Oct 17, 2019
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Using a new time-based method to control light from an ultrafast laser, researchers have developed a nanoscale 3-D printing technique that can fabricate tiny structures 1000 times faster than conventional two-photon lithography ...
Nanophysics
Oct 4, 2019
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Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser that can function inside of living tissues without harming them.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 23, 2019
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