A new study of light by UCF optics and photonics researchers has detected a type of force that can push particles sidewa…

The nonlinear response of graphene enables excitation and detection of plasmons using far-field optics

Surface plasmons in graphene offer a compelling platform for photonic technologies, exhibiting intriguing properties suc…

Magnetic field helps qubit electrons store information longer

The TUM physicists evaporated indium gallium arsenide onto a gallium arsenide substrate to form their nanostructure. As…

PLAT4M Project Focused on Speeding Industrialization of the Technology

CEA-Leti and its partners in the European FP7 project PLAT4M today announced they have built three silicon photonics pla…

Computer simulations that predict the light-induced change in the physical and chemical properties of complex systems, m…

An emerging class of atomically thin materials known as monolayer semiconductors has generated a great deal of buzz in t…

Scientists at EPFL show how a light-induced force can amplify the sensitivity and resolution of a technique used to stud…

Weizmann Institute scientists single out individual photons

Dayan and his research team, led by Dr. Serge Rosenblum and Orel Bechler, set out to demonstrate a scheme for pulling ju…

Vivid holographic images and text can now be produced by means of an ordinary inkjet printer. This new method, developed…

By using photons to communicate between two electrons through more than a mile of fiber optic cable, physicists have taken an important step toward proving the practicality of quantum networks.

By using photons to communicate between two electrons through more than a mile of fiber optic cable, physicists have tak…

Heidelberg physicists use ultracold atoms to imitate the behaviour of electrons in a solid

The atoms are held in a laser light trap that allows movement in only one dimension. They are subject to virtually the s…

MIT researchers have found a phenomenon that might lead to more compact, tunable X-ray devices made of graphene.

The finding, based on a new theory backed by exact simulations, shows that a sheet of graphene – a two-dimensional form…

The researchers used infrared laser light to order the magnetic states of thousands of electrons and nuclei and then ele…

The sensor was created using gold nanoparticles which self-assemble onto a gold- and silica-coated silicon base. This a…

A radially polarized laser beam acts as a motion sensor for fast particles

It might be easier to track tiny particles in the future – even when they hurtle along with the speed of a rifle bullet.…

Innovative new development to facilitate access to accelerator technology

The project is based on advances in nano-photonics, the art of creating and using nano structures to generate and manipu…

Researchers at the FOM Institute AMOLF have observed a surprising effect during experiments in which light is ‘trapped' in a cavity.

For the experiment, the researchers used a doughnut-shaped glass cavity in which the light can circulate for a long time…

A recent study in Nature Communications presents an new certification tool for photonic quantum technologies.

In a recent work published in Nature Communications, researchers have reported on an experimentally friendly and reliabl…

This revolutionary method enables large-scale production of photonic crystals that can capture light. The discovery also…

Researchers have developed a promising approach for developing longer-lasting quantum memories. In a study published las…