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Hybrid fiber pump combiner could advance mid-IR laser systems

In the last two decades, the rapid advancement in applications such as environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, and global positioning has intensified the focus on developing novel mid-IR light sources. Fiber-based ...

New photonics approach enhances quantum computation efficiency

A recent study, published in Nature Photonics, by Prof. Yaron Bromberg and Dr. Ohad Lib from the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has made significant strides in advancing quantum computing ...

Researchers observe hidden deformations in complex light fields

Everyday experience tells us that light reflected from a perfectly flat mirror will give us the correct image without any deformation. Interestingly, this is not the case when the light field itself is structured in a complex ...

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A versatile approach to realize quantum-enhanced metrology with large Fock states
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Ultra-high speed camera for molecules: Attosecond spectroscopy captures electron transfer dynamics
Condensed Matter
New insights into hot carrier solar cells: Study explores hot electron tunneling and collection to enhance efficiency
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Physicists use quantum correlations of photon pairs to hide images from standard cameras
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Controlling light while measuring trapped ion qubits
General Physics
Scientists propose a new method to search for dark matter using LIGO
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Researchers improve tunability in optical differentiation
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Newly developed OLED could enable compact, lightweight night vision
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New method improves understanding of light-wave propagation in anisotropic materials
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New technology produces ultrashort ion pulses
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Deep design produces 'butterfly' phase mask for light-sheet fluorescence microscopy
Condensed Matter
Generating spin currents directly using ultrashort laser pulses
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Researchers simulate novel metal-filtered VCSEL modal control
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Multifunctional phosphor developed for white LED lighting and optical thermometry
Condensed Matter
Wave scattering simulation unlocks potential metamaterials
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Physicists achieve ultrafast steering of quantum-entangled electrons
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Latent information carried by photons enables super-precise spectrometer
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot shows unexpected size changes
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Scientists recreate the head of this ancient 9-foot-long bug
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Underwater caves yield clues that may help explain early expansion of Homo sapiens into Mediterranean islands
Astronomy
Black hole destroys star, goes after another
Plants & Animals
Team uncovers the complex social life of rats, with potential implications for human psychiatry
Plants & Animals
Scientists study elephant wrinkles to understand their purpose
Astronomy
Astronomers race to capture image of exoplanet near star
Planetary Sciences
Hubble and New Horizons offer dual perspectives on Uranus to inform exoplanet research
Bio & Medicine
Making micelles more effective for dye and drug dispersion through well-defined core-shell structures
Polymers
Low-temperature synthesis technique uses upcycled textile waste to create green, safe waterproof coating
Mathematics
In double breakthrough, mathematician helps solve two long-standing problems
Cell & Microbiology
Detailed images of key protein complexes provide new insights into bacterial photosynthesis
Nanomaterials
Novel etching technique enhances absorptivity of powders for metal 3D-printing
Earth Sciences
Scientists uncover details of a catastrophic volcanic eruption and flood over 1,000 years ago
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Earliest known fossil examples of predatory birds discovered: New species may have hunted like modern hawks and owls
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Microplastic-free carrier system for pesticides shows potential for sustainable agriculture
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Arctic river erosion linked to permafrost thaw
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Microscopic study of milk teeth reveals mystery of Iberian culture newborns buried inside homes
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Nobel Prize in chemistry honors 3 scientists who used AI to design proteins, life's building blocks
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Large-scale phase retrieval

Wide field of view and high resolution are both desirable for imaging applications, providing multi-dimensional and multi-scale target information. As the recent development of phase imaging, large-scale detection has been ...

Generating entangled photons with nonlinear metasurfaces

Quantum nanophotonics is an active research field with emerging applications that range from quantum computing to imaging and telecommunications. This has motivated scientists and engineers to develop sources for entangled ...

Fast tool developed for quantum computing and communication

Isaac Nape, an emerging South African talent in the study of quantum optics, is part of a crack team of Wits physicists who led an international study that revealed the hidden structures of quantum entangled states. The study ...

Gap solitons break one-dimensional coherent atomic systems

As the core of the light field modulation technologies, optical lattice has highly tunability and is usually used to manipulate the nonlinear matter waves of Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). At present, the mainstream researches ...

Physicists mix classical light with half a photon on a qubit

A Russian-U.K. research team has proposed a theoretical description for the new effect of quantum wave mixing involving classical and nonclassical states of microwave radiation. This effect, which previously lacked a rigorous ...

A new type of infrared polaritons at the surface of bulk crystals

An international team has reported in Nature the first observation of ghost polaritons, which are a new form of surface waves carrying nanoscale light strongly coupled with material oscillations and featuring highly collimated ...