To discover how light interacts with molecules, the first step is to follow electron dynamics, which evolve at the attosecond timescale. The dynamics of this first step have been called charge migration (CM). CM plays a fundamental ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 25, 2023
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Rice University physicists have shown that immutable topological states, which are highly sought for quantum computing, can be entangled with other manipulable quantum states in some materials.
General Physics
Aug 2, 2023
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Understanding the arrangement of electrons in compounds containing actinide elements, such as uranium and plutonium, can help advance the design of next-generation nuclear materials. These elements are challenging to study ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 27, 2023
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Light is composed of electric and magnetic fields that oscillate perpendicular to each other. When these oscillations are restricted, say, along a plane, it results in polarized light. Polarized light is of great importance ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 27, 2023
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A mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe suffered an "anomaly" Tuesday, Virgin Orbit said.
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2023
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Scientists from St. Petersburg University together with their foreign colleagues have created the world's first two-dimensional ferromagnetism in graphene. Use of the obtained magnetic state of graphene can become the basis ...
Nanophysics
Dec 16, 2022
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Squeaky, cloudy or spherical—electron orbitals show where and how electrons move around atomic nuclei and molecules. In modern chemistry and physics, they have proven to be a useful model for quantum mechanical description ...
General Physics
Sep 5, 2022
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Researchers looking to synthesize a brighter and more stable nanoparticle for optical applications found that their creation instead exhibited a more surprising property: bursts of superfluorescence that occurred at both ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 29, 2022
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In topological physics, band topology often originates from spin-orbit interaction, which gives rise to complex hopping parameters. While this approach has enjoyed great success in non-interacting or weakly interacting electronic ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 25, 2022
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Theoreticians at the MPSD have demonstrated how the coupling between intense lasers, the motion of electrons, and their spin influences the emission of light on the ultrafast timescale. Their work has been published in npj ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 12, 2022
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