For decades, advances in electronics and optics have driven progress in information technology, energy and biomedicine.…

Illumination of samples by the two beams could provide some interesting advantages for coherent imaging and opens up the…

The research has led to develop a quantum model that predicts plasmonic behaviour in graphene. As a result, the scientis…

Ions subjected to buffer gas cooling never truly reach the same temperature as the surrounding gas

To perform their experiment, the researchers prepared a microscopic sample of laser cooled ions of the chemical element…

Researchers have now developed a natural-scale soft caterpillar robot with an opto-mechanical liquid crystalline elastom…

In a recent study published in ACS Photonics, researchers have demonstrated the use of dewetted metal nanocaps on transp…

A novel and rare state of matter known as a quantum spin liquid has been empirically demonstrated in a monocrystal of th…

Filters with performance efficiency uncompromised by angle of incidence

StablEDGE™ is an innovative hybrid filter design that maintains critical spectral performance in imaging applications wi…

White light from lasers demonstrates data speeds of up to 2 GB/s

A nanocrystalline material that rapidly makes white light out of blue light has been developed by KAUST researchers. Whi…

The team achieved the logic gate, which places two atoms in a state of quantum entanglement and is the fundamental build…

Illustrating the strength of the new superlens, the scientists describe seeing for the first time, the actual informatio…

To explore these particle interactions, the researchers trapped up to five particles using optical tweezers. They then m…

The deuteron — just like the proton — is smaller than previously thought

The deuteron is smaller than previous measurements have found. A deuteron is a very simple atomic nucleus made up of jus…

The E-ELT will have a segmented main mirror with a diameter of 39 m and a light collection area of almost

Scientists work on an alternative to carry data

Küppers is now offering an alternative – a laser diode that can be tuned in wavelength. The wavelength emitted by the di…

A research team led by a Heriot-Watt scientist has shown that the universe is even weirder than had previously been thought.

A new experiment by an international team led by Heriot-Watt’s Dr Alessandro Fedrizzi has now found that the universe is…

Solution Will Enable Autonomous Driving

Innoviz recognized that the optimal sensing solution for Autonomous Vehicles is the LiDAR, a laser based sensor providin…

When sound is directed into the tube at one end, high-frequency components of the sound escape out of the tube through t…

Metal-Organic Frameworks with a Piggyback Structure Open up New Possibilities for Solar Cells and LEDs – Publication in the Advanced Materials Scientific Journal

The upconversion of photons allows for a more efficient use of light: Two photons are converted into a single photon hav…

Scientists at the MPQ (Garching) and MPIPKS (Dresden) have developed a novel technique to let atoms interact over large distances.

In the laboratory, the physicists start the experiment by creating an ultracold gas of the alkali metal rubidium-87 with…