Researchers demonstrate record strong conversion of motion into light

AMOLF researchers have developed nanoscale strings whose motion can be converted to light signals with unprecedented str…

First demo of patented technology smartphone app at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition aims to eliminate counterfeiting

For the first time, the team will be showcasing this new technology via a smartphone app which can read whether a produc…

The scientists found H3+ when they used a strong-field laser to initiate a reaction and a second femtosecond laser to pr…

The ‘Atos Quantum Learning Machine’ is based on a universal programming language driven by a new ultra-compact supercomputer

Amongst the calculating capabilities offered by quantum computing is quasi-instantaneous factorization in prime numbers…

The Voxon VX1 is the world’s first 3D volumetric display – a 3D, real-time, interactive hologram which can be viewed fro…

By gently prodding a swirling cloud of supercooled lithium atoms with a pair of lasers, and observing the atoms’ respons…

These findings, recently published in Science Advances, make Ni-Bi an appealing choice for use in future quantum compute…

Stuttgart physicists are taking the next step towards more sensitive sensors

Semiconductor quantum dots are ideally suited for the generation of entangled light states. These quantum emitters can b…

Their device is the next step in what is known as 3-D volumetric display, where viewers can see images in three dimensio…

Researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory use gated digital holography methods to develop foliage penetrating LiDAR that can survey obscured ground

With a specially designed laser system and a new methodology based on gated digital holography, research from the Naval…

Researchers demonstrate nanoscale particles that ordinary light sources can set spinning.

The team decided to work on engineering the particles themselves, rather than the light beams, to get them to respond to…

The motion of the new material is due to the fact that one side contracts in reaction to light, and the

In a disruptive breakthrough for photonic quantum information science, INRS researchers have created a powerful system that takes advantage of the frequency domain properties of photons.

The system uses a small and cost-effective photonic chip fabricated through processes similar to those used for integrat…

The generation, entanglement and control of high-dimensional quantum bits on an integrated chip has been demonstrated fo…

A tiny sphere and a laser beam inside of which it hovers as if by magic – with these simple ingredients Martin Frimmer a…

Combining nanophotonics and thermoelectrics, engineers at Caltech generate materials capable of distinguishing between tiny differences in wavelengths of light

Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies—nanopho…

Given that the technology to create various new nanostructures is advancing, techniques to identify structures that maxi…

Loaded with standard features, like a low-noise, high-speed, 11.6 megapixel sensor and vibration-robust acquisition tech…

ICFO researchers achieve light phase modulation with a footprint 30 times smaller than the light wavelength.

In a recent paper published in Nature Photonics, ICFO researchers have developed a phase modulator based on graphene cap…

Silicon carbide readily lends itself to production of quantum devices

An international team led by the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering has discovered how to manip…