Researchers have studied how light can be used to observe the quantum nature of an electronic material. They captured light in graphene and slowed it down to the speed of the material's electrons. Then electrons and light ...
Nanophysics
Jun 9, 2017
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Over the past 40 years, microelectronics have advanced by leaps and bounds thanks to silicon and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, enabling computing, smartphones, compact and low-cost digital cameras, ...
Optics & Photonics
May 30, 2017
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Energy dissipation is a key ingredient in understanding many physical phenomena in thermodynamics, photonics, chemical reactions, nuclear fission, photon emissions, or even electronic circuits, among others.
Quantum Physics
May 16, 2017
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Classical correlations are part of our everyday life. For instance, if one always puts on a pair of socks of the same color and shape, looking at the color or shape of one sock determines the color or shape of its pair. Even ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 12, 2017
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ICFO Researchers report the discovery of a new technique that could drastically improve the sensitivity of instruments such as magnetic resonance imagers (MRIs) and atomic clocks. The study, published in Nature, reports a ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 22, 2017
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Transparent conductors are one of the key elements such electronic and optoelectronic devices as displays, light emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells and smart phones. Most of the current technology is based on the use of ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 20, 2016
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On November 30th, for the first time, participants around the world took part in a unique worldwide experiment with the aim of testing the laws of quantum physics.
Quantum Physics
Dec 5, 2016
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Imagine what it would be like to watch how the individual atoms of molecules rearrange during a chemical reaction to form a new substance, or to see the compounds of DNA move, rearrange and replicate. Such capability would ...
General Physics
Oct 20, 2016
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In a recent work published in Nature Communications, a research group led by ICREA Professor at ICFO Frank Koppens demonstrates a novel way to detect low-energy photons using vertical heterostructures made by stacking graphene ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 19, 2016
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