In a world first, researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have captured an image showing the internal orbits, or spatial distribution, of particles in an exciton—a goal ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 21, 2021
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A new path toward sending and receiving information with single photons of light has been discovered by an international team of researchers led by the University of Michigan.
Quantum Physics
Mar 4, 2021
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Excitons are quasiparticles which can transport energy through solid substances. This makes them important for the development of future materials and devices—but more research is needed to understand their fundamental ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 16, 2021
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Could a stack of 2-D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breaking warm temperatures, easily achievable in the household kitchen?
Nanophysics
Oct 21, 2020
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Ultrathin layers of tungsten diselenide have potential applications in opto-electronics and quantum technologies. LMU researchers have now explored how this material interacts with light in the presence of strong magnetic ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 10, 2020
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A team of researchers led by Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has uncovered new information about the mass of individual components that make up ...
General Physics
Jun 19, 2020
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Mixing and matching computational models of 2-D materials led scientists at Rice University to the realization that excitons—quasiparticles that exist when electrons and holes briefly bind—can be manipulated in new and ...
Soft Matter
Jun 15, 2020
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An international research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has observed light emission from a new type of transition between electronic valleys, known as intervalley transmissions.
Quantum Physics
May 15, 2020
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Hidden within countless materials are valuable properties that will enable the next generation of technologies, like quantum computing and improved solar cells.
Quantum Physics
Apr 30, 2020
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Since its discovery in 2014, phosphorene—a sheet of phosphorus atoms only a single atom thick—has intrigued scientists due to its unique optoelectronic anisotropy. In other words, electrons interact with light and move ...
General Physics
Mar 25, 2020
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