Intense mid-infrared excitation has been demonstrated as a powerful tool for controlling the magnetic, ferroelectric and superconducting properties of complex materials. Nonlinear phononics is key to this end, as it displaces ...
Nanophysics
Mar 9, 2022
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A donut is not a bun. From a mathematical point of view, they are two fundamentally different objects: The donut has a hole, the bun does not. A circle inside the donut around its hole in the center cannot be shrunk to a ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 28, 2022
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In most circumstances, disordered working conditions prevent us from performing accurate work. But in a reversal of this common wisdom, a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of St Andrews, ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 22, 2022
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Astronomers have been waiting decades for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which promises to peer farther into space than ever before. But if humans want to actually reach our nearest stellar neighbor, they will ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 16, 2022
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Thermoelectric materials convert heat to electricity and vice versa, and their atomic structures are closely related to how well they perform.
Condensed Matter
Feb 14, 2022
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Much like people can learn more about themselves by stepping outside of their comfort zones, researchers can learn more about a system by giving it a jolt that makes it a little unstable—scientists call this "out of equilibrium"—and ...
Superconductivity
Feb 9, 2022
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An advanced mathematical model that can describe high-energy interactions between light and matter has been developed by two RIKEN researchers and a collaborator. The approach could be extended to offer new insights in other ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 8, 2022
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Inside every cellphone lies a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential role in cellphone communication. Buffeted by the cacophony of radio frequencies ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 5, 2022
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We've all experienced the principle of feedback—for example, when we use a thermostat in conjunction with a heating system to regulate indoor temperature. The thermostat measures the current temperature, compares it with ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 2, 2022
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For the first time, scientists were able to create ultrashort dark and bright light pulses that are linked together in tiny glass rings called microresonators. Each of the flashes consist of many different, precisely defined ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 27, 2022
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