Researchers at New Mexico State University in the US have investigated extraordinary optical transmission in a plasmonic cavity. The device they have developed features a hybrid surface plasmon polariton/Fabry-Pérot cavity, ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2014
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Scientists from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have designed a novel type of resonant cavity that serves as a prison for photons. The cavity confines light in all three ...
General Physics
Sep 24, 2014
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Quantum particles can be divided into two types: fermions and bosons. When cooled down to near-absolute zero temperatures, bosons can condense together into a collective state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condensate where ...
General Physics
Mar 24, 2014
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Light is of fundamental importance. It allows us to see the world around us and record pictures of our environment. It enables communication over long distances through optical fibers. All current methods of detecting light ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 14, 2013
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If engineers at Stanford have their way, biological research may soon be transformed by a new class of light-emitting probes small enough to be injected into individual cells without harm to the host. Welcome to biophotonics, ...
Nanophysics
Feb 13, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computing and medicine are among the many fields which could be revolutionised by a new form of ultra-small laser.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 4, 2012
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Scientists realize one of the most elementary and oldest "gedanken" experiments in modern physics, namely, excitation of a single molecule with a single photon. This paves the way for further investigations in which single ...
General Physics
Feb 28, 2012
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An international team of researchers led by the CNST has developed a new type of nanophotonic cavity that improves the efficiency of photon collection from individual quantum dots while enhancing the photon emission rate.
General Physics
Sep 19, 2011
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A team of EU-funded researchers has, for the first time, successfully carried out a constant stabilisation experiment of a quantum state - something Albert Einstein himself once dreamt of.
Quantum Physics
Sep 12, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A constant stabilization experiment of a quantum state has been successfully carried out for the first time by a team from the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel headed by Serge Haroche. The researchers succeeded ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 2, 2011
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