(Phys.org)—Light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. Since the days of Einstein, scientists have been trying to directly observe both of these aspects of light at the same time. Now, scientists at EPFL have succeeded ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 2, 2015
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Physicists from Trinity College Dublin's School of Physics and the CRANN Institute, Trinity College, have discovered a new form of light, which will impact our understanding of the fundamental nature of light.
Optics & Photonics
May 17, 2016
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New research suggests that it is possible to create a new form of light by binding light to a single electron, combining the properties of both.
General Physics
Aug 5, 2016
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Scientists need individual photons for quantum cryptography and quantum computers. Leiden physicists have now experimentally demonstrated a new production method. Publication in Physical Review Letters on July 23rd.
Quantum Physics
Jul 23, 2018
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A team of physicists led by Professor Patrick Windpassinger at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has successfully transported light stored in a quantum memory over a distance of 1.2 millimeters. They have demonstrated ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 13, 2020
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One hundred years after Albert Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity, an international team has proposed another experimental proof. In a paper published today in Nature Physics, researchers from the Hebrew ...
General Physics
Mar 16, 2015
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Scientists have known for decades that time passes faster at higher elevations—a curious aspect of Einstein's theories of relativity that previously has been measured by comparing clocks on the earth's surface and a high-flying ...
General Physics
Sep 23, 2010
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(Phys.org) -- With simple arguments, researchers show that nature is complicated. Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have made a simple experiment that demonstrates that nature violates common sense – the world ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 7, 2012
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In an international scientific breakthrough, a Griffith University research team has been able to photograph the shadow of a single atom for the first time.
General Physics
Jul 3, 2012
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Light can be directed in different directions, usually also back the same way. Physicists from the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne have, however, succeeded in creating a new one-way street for light. They ...
General Physics
Nov 14, 2019
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