A quantum processor working with photons developed at the University of Twente becomes an ever stronger 'toolbox' for doing experiments. The latest version not only has more inputs and outputs, it can also be fed by a photon ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 25, 2022
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Scintillators are materials that emit light when bombarded with high-energy particles or X-rays. In medical or dental X-ray systems, they convert incoming X-ray radiation into visible light that can then be captured using ...
Nanophysics
Feb 24, 2022
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Liquid crystals derived from borophene have risen in popularity, owing to their applicability in optoelectronic and photonic devices. However, their development requires a very narrow temperature range, which hinders their ...
Polymers
Feb 24, 2022
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Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials can provide highly interesting excitonic properties, which render them an attractive platform to explore polaritonic physics.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 24, 2022
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In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, authors from the Laser Engineering Group in the School of Engineering at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, discuss two-photon absorption and stimulated ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 17, 2022
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At the interface between two media, light is partly reflected backwards into the medium from where it came and partly transmitted into the neighboring medium, like a light ray entering a sparkling pool of water. The light ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 14, 2022
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Researchers have identified a two-dimensional material that could be used to store quantum information at room temperature.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 11, 2022
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Professor Jukka Pekola and Doctoral Candidate Bayan Karimi from Aalto University propose a new approach to measure the energy of single microwave photons. These low energy quanta are emitted by artificial quantum systems ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 9, 2022
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented and demonstrated a novel scheme for substantially improving the detection accuracy of information transmitted in pulses of light through ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 31, 2022
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An experiment, performed by Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM) on 200 km of the Italian Quantum Backbone, in collaboration with Toshiba Europe, shows that coherent laser interferometry considerably improves ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 20, 2022
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