Search results for time reversal symmetry

Optics & Photonics Oct 19, 2024

All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic communication

Modern high-speed internet uses light to quickly and reliably transmit large amounts of data through fiber-optic cables, but currently, light signals hit a bottleneck when data processing is necessary. For that, they must ...

Political science Oct 18, 2024

How to spot AI deepfakes that spread election misinformation

Generative AI systems, such as ChatGPT, are trained on large datasets to create written, visual or audio content in response to prompts. When fed real images, some algorithms can produce fake photos and videos known as deepfakes.

Condensed Matter Oct 11, 2024

Physicists reveal nonlinear transport induced by quantum geometry in planar altermagnets

In recent years, many physicists and materials scientists have been studying a newly uncovered class of magnetic materials known as altermagnets. These materials exhibit a unique type of magnetism that differs from both conventional ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 2, 2024

Quantum research paves the way toward efficient, ultra-high-density optical memory storage

As our digital world generates massive amounts of data—more than 2 quintillion bytes of new content each day—yesterday's storage technologies are quickly reaching their limits. Optical memory devices, which use light to read ...

Analytical Chemistry Sep 18, 2024

Template synthesis creates multilayered perovskites with unique ferroelectric behavior

A group of Nagoya University researchers in Japan has synthesized 4- and 5-layered versions of the important electrical material perovskite. Analyzing the mechanism of ferroelectricity in the material, they found it has a ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 25, 2024

Nonreciprocal interactions go nonlinear: Non-Hermitian dynamics observed in coupled nanoparticles

Using two optically-trapped glass nanoparticles, researchers observed a novel collective Non-Hermitian and non-linear dynamic driven by non-reciprocal interactions. This contribution expands traditional optical levitation ...

Quantum Physics Jul 8, 2024

Researchers realize time reversal through input-output indefiniteness

A research team has constructed a coherent superposition of quantum evolution with two opposite directions in a photonic system and confirmed its advantage in characterizing input-output indefiniteness. The study was published ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 28, 2024

Updating the textbook on polarization in gallium nitride to optimize wide bandgap semiconductors

An updated model reconciles the gap between recent experiments and theory concerning polarization in wurtzite semiconductors—paving the way for the development of smaller, faster and more efficient electronic devices, according ...

Optics & Photonics Jun 19, 2024

The design of a photonic alloy with topological properties

Photonic alloys, alloy-like materials combining two or more photonic crystals, are promising candidates for the development of structures that control the propagation of electromagnetic waves, also known as waveguides. Despite ...

Quantum Physics Jun 8, 2024

Nonreciprocal quantum batteries exhibit remarkable capacities and efficiency

In physics, nonreciprocity occurs when a system's response varies depending on the direction in which waves or signals are propagating within it. This asymmetry arises from a break in so-called time-reversal symmetry, which ...

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