The ultimate limit in spatial resolution can be achieved by using the spin of a single electron as a sensor. A single sp…

Cooled atoms can be used to create highly accurate atomic clocks for inertial navigation, finance and power synchronizat…

Raman spectroscopy was performed by the Purdue Department of Physics and Astronomy. Findings showed the graphene sheathi…

Rubidium atoms are used as a refrigerant for ytterbium atoms

What can one do with Yb atoms chilled in this way? One thing is to insert them into an optical lattice, a sort of extra…

Physicists have extended the theory of resonance fluorescence, a classic phenomenon in quantum optics, to 2D nanostructu…

A dye-coated surface is one of three specially crafted layers that help the particle emit light ideal for bioimaging

Converting low-energy light to light of higher energies isn’t easy to do. The process involves capturing two or more tin…

Perfect absorbers capture specific wavelengths from the visible to the infrared spectrums

In a new study, researchers demonstrate perfect absorbers for small bands of the electromagnetic spectrum from visible l…

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed techniques that can be used to create ideal geometric phas…

Quantum process increases the number of electrons produced when light strikes a metal-dielectric interface.

The new approach is based on the discovery that unexpected quantum effects increase the number of charge carriers, known…

An Unprecedented Blend of Intense Magnetic and X-ray Laser Pulses Produces Surprising 3-D Effect

Researchers at SLAC have discovered an unprecedented blend of intense magnetic and x-ray laser pulses produce an effect…

This discovery opens a route for generating more complex quantum states, topologically protected from decoherence, out o…

Calibrating an optical attenuator with few-photon pulses

Precise measurements of optical power enable activities from fiber-optic communications to laser manufacturing and biome…

The JILA team loaded the optical lattice by overlapping the two clouds to match their densities and energy levels in the…

Their new approach created the first-ever flexible Fresnel zone plate microlenses with a wide field of view — a developm…

A new type of "nanotweezer" capable of positioning tiny objects quickly and accurately and freezing them in place could…

Researchers at UNSW and the University of Melbourne have designed a 3D silicon chip architecture based on single atom qu…

Researchers have demonstrated that ultrathin and lightweight optical devices could be constructed using nanostructures c…

Russian scientists developed the world's fastest nanoscale photonics switch

Researchers created an ultrafast all-optical switch on silicon nanostructures. This device may become a platform for fut…

In a classic eureka moment, a team of physicists led by The City College of New York and including Herriot-Watt Universi…

Physicists shorten electron pulses down to 30 femtoseconds duration. This enables them to gain detailed insight into ato…