Whenever light interacts with matter, light appears to slow down. This is not a new observation and standard wave mechanics can describe most of these daily phenomena.
General Physics
Oct 20, 2023
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Non-Hermitian systems have numerous alluring optical properties at exceptional points (EPs) and have attracted extensive attention because of their great prospects in applications such as optical sensing, integrated optics, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 21, 2023
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A research team led by Prof. Liu Xianwei from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has made progress in the ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 11, 2023
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A University of Minnesota-led team has, for the first time, engineered an atomically thin material that can absorb nearly 100% of light at room temperature, a discovery that could improve a wide range of applications from ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 2, 2023
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Photonic systems are quickly gaining traction in many emerging applications, including optical communications, lidar sensing, and medical imaging. However, the widespread adoption of photonics in future engineering solutions ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 26, 2023
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Ultrafast extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectroscopy is a powerful technique for probing the dynamics of atoms and molecules with attosecond time resolution. However, conventional XUV absorption measurements only provide information ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 26, 2023
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Researchers from the Complex Photonic Systems (COPS) group used two layers of random materials to encrypt and decrypt a message sent via light communication. With that, they hid the sender and receiver simultaneously, and ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 17, 2023
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Since the scientists at Bell Labs invented the world's first transistor in December 1947, a revolution in microelectronics technology has profoundly affected lifestyles worldwide. As electronics get smaller and smaller, it ...
Nanophysics
Jul 5, 2023
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Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water oxidation reaction has attracted considerable attention in recent years because of its importance in solar energy conversion. For such a sluggish four-hole and four-proton transfer reaction ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 18, 2023
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Researchers have developed a way to create photonic time crystals, and they have shown that these bizarre, artificial materials amplify the light that shines on them. These findings, described in a paper in Science Advances, ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 5, 2023
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