Search results for soliton

Polymers Aug 5, 2024

Innovative approach for synthesizing common plastics using remote spark discharge

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a unique technique for synthesizing commonly used polymers, such as polystyrene, using radical polymerization. Here, a remote spark discharge from a Tesla coil, which is ...

General Physics Aug 1, 2024

Study reveals soliton solutions in Maxwell-Bloch systems

Dr. Asela Abeya, of SUNY Poly faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Physics, has collaborated with peers at the University at Buffalo and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on a research paper titled "On Maxwell-Bloch ...

Optics & Photonics May 14, 2024

Ultrasensitive gas detection empowered by synergy of graphene and sub-comb dynamics

Since the inception of microcomb, whose generation relies on Kerr nonlinearity in microresonator, the coherent soliton state has attracted intense research. Although the operation of sub-comb outputs is straightforward, as ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 10, 2024

Team reports on ultrafast laser state active controlling based on anisotropic quasi-1D material

Tunable ultrafast lasers with adjustable parameters, such as wavelength, intensity, pulse width and laser states are desirable as next-generation intelligent light sources. Due to complex nonlinear effects within the ultrafast ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 27, 2024

Unlocking visible femtosecond fiber oscillators: An advance in laser science

The emergence of ultrafast laser pulse generation, marking a significant milestone in laser science, has triggered incredible progress across a wide array of disciplines, encompassing industrial applications, energy technologies, ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 26, 2024

Using mode-locked lasers to realize and study non-Hermitian topological physics

Mode-locked lasers are advanced lasers that produce very short pulses of light, with durations ranging from femtoseconds to picoseconds. These lasers are widely used to study ultrafast and nonlinear optical phenomena, but ...

Astronomy Mar 23, 2024

'Dark stars': Dark matter may form exploding stars, and observing the damage could help reveal what it's made of

Dark matter is a ghostly substance that astronomers have failed to detect for decades, yet which we know has an enormous influence on normal matter in the universe, such as stars and galaxies. Through the massive gravitational ...

General Physics Mar 20, 2024

An endless domino effect: Non-reciprocal topological solitons in active metamaterials

Topological solitons can be found in many places and at many different length scales. For example, they take the form of kinks in coiled telephone cords and large molecules such as proteins. At a very different scale, a black ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 19, 2024

Research team establishes synthetic dimension dynamics to manipulate light

In the realm of physics, synthetic dimensions (SDs) have emerged as one of the frontiers of active research, offering a pathway to explore phenomena in higher-dimensional spaces, beyond our conventional 3D geometrical space. ...

Optics & Photonics Mar 14, 2024

Researchers develop a new type of frequency comb that promises to further boost the accuracy of timekeeping

Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized timekeeping, the detection of planets outside of our solar system and high-speed optical ...

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