Search results for quasi-long-range order

Optics & Photonics Feb 9, 2024

Unlocking quantum precision: Expanded superconducting strips for enhanced photon-counting accuracy

Using single photons as qubits has become a prominent strategy in quantum information technology. Accurately determining the number of photons is crucial in various quantum systems, including quantum computation, quantum ...

Astronomy Feb 6, 2024

Astronomers examine the behavior of X-ray pulsar Swift J0243.6+6124

By analyzing the data from the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), astronomers from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad, India and elsewhere, have performed a detailed X-ray timing and spectral ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 3, 2023

Surface-specific nonlinear optical spectroscopy comes into terahertz range

Second order surface-specific nonlinear optical spectroscopy, e.g. sum-frequency spectroscopy, has made significant and continuous success in revealing the microscopic structures at surfaces/interfaces since the 1990s.

Condensed Matter Aug 31, 2023

Discovering enhanced lattice dynamics in a single-layered hybrid perovskite

Layered hybrid perovskites show diverse physical properties and exceptional functionality; however, from a materials science viewpoint, the co-existence of lattice order and structural disorder can hinder the understanding ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 26, 2023

Broadband and continuous wave pumped second-harmonic generation from microfiber coated with layered GaSe crystal

Second-order optical nonlinear effects have received widespread attention from researchers since its first discovery in the 1960s.

Astronomy Apr 27, 2023

NICER detects quasi-periodic oscillations in X-ray binary 4U 1730–22

Using the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) onboard the International Space Station (ISS), an international team of astronomers has detected millihertz quasi-periodic oscillations from a low-mass X-ray binary ...

Earth Sciences Feb 23, 2023

Scientists reveal influence of Asian summer monsoon on volcanic aerosol transport

Aerosols transported to the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS) region potentially reduce average global surface temperatures and alter atmospheric circulation. Although large volcanic eruptions are rare in recent ...

Astronomy Feb 21, 2023

Quasi-periodic oscillations detected in a long-period eclipsing dwarf nova

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Chinese astronomers have detected quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the light curve of HS 2325+8205—a long-period eclipsing dwarf nova. The discovery was detailed ...

Nanophysics Dec 16, 2022

Study observes Luttinger liquid behavior in a quasi-2D system

Luttinger liquids are usually paramagnetic materials exhibiting non-Fermi liquid behavior, such as molybdenum oxides. These "liquids" and their fascinating properties had so far been only observed in 1D and quasi-1D compounds, ...

Nanophysics Jun 24, 2022

Topology and machine learning reveal hidden relationship in amorphous silicon

Theoretical scientists have used topological mathematics and machine learning to identify a hidden relationship between nano-scale structures and thermal conductivity in amorphous silicon, a glassy form of the material with ...

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