News tagged with setup
Light pulses take a quantum walk
Tourists who drift aimlessly during a sightseeing tour are moving randomly - just like electrons that move from one atom to the next. To obtain a better understanding of these random motions it is often useful ...
Mar 21, 2012 |
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A camera that peers around corners (w/ video)
In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the experimental setup that enabled that video was des ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Structural origin of 'hidden state' in manganite thin film revealed by picosecond time-resolved X-ray diffraction
Photo-induced phase transition (PIPT) has caused great excitement in materials science because ultra-fast alteration of the magnetic, dielectric, structural and optical properties of materials can be brought ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Muon makes tracks in EXO-200 detector
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Enriched Xenon Observatory-200, a prototype observatory that will search for exotic decays of fundamental particles of matter, passed a significant if unofficial milestone last month: ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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