In his famous letter to the Royal Society dated Oct. 9, 1676, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek described a single-celled eukaryote (Vorticella) and its fascinating ultrafast cell contraction. This kind of ultrafast cell contraction ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2023
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Bound electron-hole pairs, or excitons, are the workhorses in layered transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors. Like the negative and positive charge carriers from which it forms, the exciton exhibits great mobility ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 10, 2023
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In a study that confirms its promise as the next-generation semiconductor material, UC Santa Barbara researchers have directly visualized the photocarrier transport properties of cubic boron arsenide single crystals.
Condensed Matter
Oct 24, 2022
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Recent Australian-led research has provided a world's first measurement of interactions between Fermi polarons in an atomically-thin 2D semiconductor, using ultrafast spectroscopy capable of probing complex quantum materials.
Quantum Physics
Oct 20, 2022
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In a study published in Photonics Research, researchers from Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has proposed a new scheme for single-shot ultrafast multimodal coherent ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 16, 2022
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A team led by Prof. Su Fuhai from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with researchers from the Aerospace Information Research Institute, and the Center for ...
Condensed Matter
May 12, 2022
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A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances overviews ultrafast multi-target control of tightly focused light fields.
Optics & Photonics
Apr 4, 2022
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A study of electron dynamics timed to millionths of a billionth of a second reveals the damage radiation can do on a molecular level.
General Physics
Jan 21, 2022
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Microscopic electric fields govern a remarkable variety of phenomena in condensed matter and their ultrafast evolutions drive plasmonics, phononics and highspeed nanoelectronics. Access to high-frequency electric waveforms ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 4, 2022
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Magnetic solids can be demagnetized quickly with a short laser pulse, and there are already so-called HAMR (Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording) memories on the market that function according to this principle. However, the ...
General Physics
Oct 18, 2021
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