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For the first time, physicists have built a unique topological insulator in which optical and electronic excitations hybridize and flow together. They report their discovery in "Nature".

The novel topological insulator was built on a microchip and basically consists of the gallium arsenide semiconductor co…

Heating efficiency of laser fusion plasma has been enhanced by guiding relativistic electron beam to be a pre-compressed plasma core using a kilo-tesla-level magnetic field

In this study, laser-to-core energy coupling reached a maximum of 8 percent. The laser-to-core energy coupling, i.e., th…

A study by Xi’an Jiaotong University and ICFO reports on a new mechanism of resonant coupling between edge states in topological insulators.

The proposed coupling mechanism based on topologically protected states can be used in various topological photonic and…

Tasks that take billions of years done in just minutes. That’s the quantum revolution coming to computing and it’s set to transform our whole society.

By manipulating matter and light at the level of individual atoms and photons, the team have demonstrated the longest li…

With the help of sophisticated experiments and calculations by the Vienna University of Technology, it has now become possible to measure the duration of the famous photoelectric effect.

An ultrashort laser pulse is used as the starting signal with which the process begins. The electrons are released from…

A team headed by Lee Bassett, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, will explo…

The paper suggests a way to make the two-dimensional waves three-dimensional in real time with a simple modification to…

Coded apertures and “memory effect” reconstruct sequence of diffuse images

The trick is to use a coded aperture. Think of this as a set of filters that allow light to pass through some areas but

The transmission procedure itself took less than a millionth of a second, which means that there is quite a bit of room…

Newly developed material may be key to scaling up quantum circuits

The Caltech team used a photonic bandgap to trap microwave photons in a superconducting quantum circuit, creating a prom…

Integrated modulator is now better than ever, made by the best optical materials

Combining that technique with specially designed electrical components, the researchers can now design and fabricate an…

Using an atomically thin material, hexagonal boron nitride, placed on nanopillars, the researchers demonstrated single p…

The receivers, which use photonic technology, will be designed to be compact, lightweight and affordable to allow for co…

Using light from a laser or light projector at strengths varying from visible to infrared, the UT researchers’ novel tec…

By coupling light and sound on a silicon chip, Rakich’s team demonstrated that traveling ultrasound waves can produce no…

A new conceptual approach for rendering objects invisible under realistic conditions

The demonstrated one-dimensional invisibility cloak is already of potential interest for a variety of important applicat…

In the Nebraska experiment, the laser pulses were focused in plasma. When electrons in the plasma were expelled from the…

Physicists implement a version of Maxwell's famous thought experiment for reducing entropy

The researchers use lasers to trap and cool atoms in a three-dimensional lattice with 125 positions arranged as a 5 by 5…

Groundbreaking experiment applying metamaterials to quantum optics paves the way for new interdisciplinary area

The researchers have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to apply metamaterials to the field of quantum…