Achievement could enable smaller, higher-efficiency infrared spectrometers that could help shed light on the history of the universe and the beginning of life

Through the application of the Canon-developed germanium immersion grating, spectrometers could be drastically reduced t…

The worldwide race to the quantum computer is in full swing. This computer can bring about a breakthrough in discovering…

The scientists have shown that the same effect can be achieved using their new silicon device, without the associated te…

Quantum behavior of millimeter-sized magnets unraveled

Researchers in the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that it is possible to exchange a quantum bit, the minimum unit…

Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have cooled a gas to the quietest state ever achieved, hoping to d…

The National Physical Laboratory has developed a Portable Environmental Test Chamber, which allows the characterisation…

Enlisting symmetry to protect quantum states from disruptions

In quantum mechanics, symmetry describes more than just the patterns that matter takes — it is used to classify the natu…

Ames Laboratory physicists using N-V center optical magnetoscope to understand new magnetic nanomaterials

The device, called a NV-magnetoscope, makes use of the unique quantum mechanical properties of nitrogen-vacancy centers…

Scientists at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel have used resonators made from single-crystalli…

Researches from the Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics at the MIPT Center of Nanoscale Optoelectronics have develop…

Using ultracold atoms trapped in light crystals, scientists from the MPQ, LMU, and the Weizmann Institute observe a novel state of matter that never thermalizes.

In their manuscript, the Munich and Weizmann researchers present now an experimental observation of many-body localized…

In optical communications, laser pulses are used to transmit information along fiber-optic cables for telephone service,…

A recent study demonstrates the rapid control of phase-changes in resonantly bonded materials

In a study recently published in Nature Materials, researchers have demonstrated how the material and electro-optical pr…

The Acton 193nm XL coating is a multilayer dielectric coating that combines a hybrid structure with balanced stress opti…

Partnership of government, industry, and academia will pursue integration of optical devices with electronics.

Technologies that can help to integrate photonics, or light-based communications and computation, with existing electron…

Enhanced Cylindrical Lens Line Includes a Range of Materials from DUV to FIR

Cylindrical lenses focus incoming light in one dimension only. They are used in applications where a point image needs t…

At the heart of the high-technology applications of plasmons is their unique ability to confine the energy of a photon i…

The cool mode material is a major step toward a commercialized product because it enables control of 90 percent of NIR a…

A robust integrated photonics manufacturing industry would boost the economy and result in energy-efficient, higher-performance computing and telecommunications

A robust integrated photonics manufacturing industry would boost the economy and result in energy-efficient, higher-perf…

USING THE ENVIRONMENT TO PROVIDE FAST CONTROL OF AN ATOM-OPTICAL SYSTEM

The quantum speed limit describes the maximum rate at which a quantum system, here the quantized field of the optical ca…