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Analytical Chemistry Jun 3, 2024

Scientists develop 'X-ray vision' technique to see inside crystals

A team of New York University researchers has created a new way to visualize crystals by peering inside their structures, akin to having X-ray vision. Their new technique—which they aptly named "Crystal Clear"—combines ...

Quantum Physics May 29, 2024

Research team demonstrates modular, scalable hardware architecture for a quantum computer

Quantum computers hold the promise of being able to quickly solve extremely complex problems that might take the world's most powerful supercomputer decades to crack.

Optics & Photonics May 18, 2024

Researchers realize multiphoton electron emission with non-classical light

Strong field quantum optics is a rapidly emerging research topic, which merges elements of non-linear photoemission rooted in strong field physics with the well-established realm of quantum optics. While the distribution ...

Astrobiology May 1, 2024

New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars

A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA's Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in ...

General Physics Apr 29, 2024

Laser excitation of Th-229 nucleus: New findings suggest classical quantum physics and nuclear physics can be combined

Physicists have been hoping for this moment for a long time: For many years, scientists all around the world have been searching for a very specific state of thorium atomic nuclei that promises revolutionary technological ...

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 ...

Optics & Photonics Dec 1, 2023

An anomalous relativistic emission arising from the intense interaction of lasers with plasma mirrors

Interactions between intense laser pulses and plasma mirrors have been the focus of several recent physics studies due to the interesting effects they produce. Experiments have revealed that these interactions can generate ...

Optics & Photonics Nov 9, 2023

Photonics team develops high-performance ultrafast lasers that fit on a fingertip

Lasers are essential tools for observing, detecting, and measuring things in the natural world that we can't see with the naked eye. But the ability to perform these tasks is often restricted by the need to use expensive ...

Condensed Matter Oct 12, 2023

Elevating neuromorphic computing using laser-controlled filaments in vanadium dioxide

In a new Science Advances study, scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a dynamic network structure using laser-controlled conducting filaments for neuromorphic computing.

Optics & Photonics Jul 17, 2023

Laser squared: A two-domain photon-phonon laser

Lasers are a significant historical invention with ubiquitous impact in society. The concept also has interdisciplinary applications as phonon lasers and atom lasers. A laser in one physical domain can be pumped by energy ...

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