Search results for photonics and optics

Quantum Physics Jul 8, 2024

A new approach to realize quantum mechanical squeezing

Mechanical systems are highly suitable for realizing applications such as quantum information processing, quantum sensing and bosonic quantum simulation. The effective use of these systems for these applications, however, ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 8, 2024

Engineers develop advanced optical computing method for multiplexed data processing and encryption

Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have unveiled a major advancement in optical computing technology that promises to enhance data processing and encryption. The work is published in the journal ...

Condensed Matter Jul 5, 2024

Controlling magnetism with polarized light: Non-thermal pathway uses inverse Faraday effect

Intense laser pulses can be used to manipulate or even switch the magnetization orientation of a material on extremely short time scales. Typically, such effects are thermally induced, as the absorbed laser energy heats up ...

Space Exploration Jul 4, 2024

A concentrated beam of particles and photons could push us to Proxima Centauri

Getting to Proxima Centauri b will take a lot of new technologies, but there are increasingly exciting reasons to do so. Both public and private efforts have started seriously looking at ways to make it happen, but so far, ...

Nanomaterials Jul 4, 2024

A new blue: Mysterious origin of the ribbontail ray's electric blue spots revealed

Researchers have discovered the unique nanostructures responsible for the electric blue spots of the bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma), with possible applications for developing chemical-free coloration. The team ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 3, 2024

Scientists achieve first intercity quantum key distribution with deterministic single-photon source

Conventional encryption methods rely on complex mathematical algorithms and the limits of current computing power. However, with the rise of quantum computers, these methods are becoming increasingly vulnerable, necessitating ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 2, 2024

Dual-laser approach could lower cost of high-resolution 3D printing

Researchers have developed a new two-photon polymerization technique that uses two lasers to 3D print complex high-resolution structures. The advance could make this 3D printing process less expensive, helping it find wider ...

Nanophysics Jul 2, 2024

The demonstration of vacuum levitation and motion control on an optical-electrostatic chip

The levitation of microscopic objects in vacuum and the control of their movements while they are suspended was first demonstrated several decades ago. Since then, various research groups have been working on new approaches ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 26, 2024

World record 402 Tb/s transmission in a standard commercially available optical fiber

An international joint research team led by the Photonic Network Laboratory of Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) has demonstrated a record-breaking aggregate optical transmission ...

General Physics Jun 26, 2024

Researchers capture detailed picture of electron acceleration in one shot

Adjusting experimental methods achieved the first "single-shot" diagnosis of electron acceleration through a laser wakefield accelerator along a curved trajectory, according to a recent study led by University of Michigan ...

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