Newly observed effect makes atoms transparent to certain frequencies of light
A newly discovered phenomenon dubbed "collectively induced transparency" (CIT) causes groups of atoms to abruptly stop reflecting light at specific frequencies.
A newly discovered phenomenon dubbed "collectively induced transparency" (CIT) causes groups of atoms to abruptly stop reflecting light at specific frequencies.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 27, 2023
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Scientists made headlines last week for supposedly generating a wormhole. The research, reported in Nature, involves the use of a quantum computer to simulate a wormhole in a simplified model of physics.
Quantum Physics
Dec 12, 2022
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For the first time, scientists at the University of Oxford have been able to demonstrate a network of two entangled optical atomic clocks and show how the entanglement between the remote clocks can be used to improve their ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 9, 2022
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A breakthrough in quantum imaging could lead to the development of advanced forms of microscopy for use in medical research and diagnostics.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 12, 2022
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Contextuality is essential to explain the power of quantum computers and the security of quantum communications. The study has been published in the journal Science Advances.
Quantum Physics
Mar 17, 2022
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Last year, Anupam Mazumdar, a physicist from the University of Groningen, together with colleagues from the UK proposed an experiment that could conclusively prove whether gravity is a quantum phenomenon. This experiment ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 8, 2021
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Physicists in Regensburg and Marburg have tailored the mutual interaction of electrons in an atomically thin solid by simply covering it with a crystal featuring hand-picked lattice dynamics.
Nanophysics
Mar 19, 2021
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A team of researchers at a Microsoft laboratory in the Netherlands, who published a 2018 paper in the journal Nature, has now retracted that paper, citing a lack of evidence to support their previous conclusions. The study ...
Is gravity a quantum phenomenon? That has been one of the big outstanding questions in physics for decades. Together with colleagues from the UK, Anupam Mazumdar, a physicist from the University of Groningen, proposed an ...
Quantum Physics
Dec 8, 2020
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A group of theoretical physicists, including two physicists from the University of Groningen, have proposed a 'table-top' device that could measure gravity waves. However, their actual aim is to answer one of the biggest ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 18, 2020
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