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Exploring optical cooling in semiconductor quantum dots

Solid-state optical cooling is a prominent example that leverages a very unique phenomenon called

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Twisted Light Gives Electrons a Spinning Kick

In a new paper, scientists seeking better methods for controlling the quantum interactions between light and

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Com­plex atoms in opti­cal tweez­ers

This achievement enables a groundbreaking approach to the study of elements with

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uOttawa physicists make laser cast a shadow

Typically, photons - light particles - pass through each other without interacting. However, this experiment

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New theory reveals the shape of a single photon

The work is important because it opens up new avenues of research for quantum physicists and

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Who Moved My Atom?

Researchers at the Technion Faculty of Physics have demonstrated controlled transfer of atoms using coherent tunneling between "optical tweezers"

The Technion researchers used a linear array of three optical tweezers in their experiment. By changing the

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A breakthrough in photonic time crystals could change how we use and control light

The new discovery could dramatically enhance technologies like lasers, sensor, and optical computing in the near future.

By using an array of tiny silicon spheres, they predict that the special conditions needed to amplify light that

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New Study Unveils Electrically Tunable THG Using Intersubband Polaritonic Metasurfaces

Their findings have been published in the Light: Science and Applications on July 17, 2024.

Nonlinear optics, which explores the interaction between light and matter, can generate multiple wavelengths from a sing…

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With OptiCentric® Bonding 5D MultiAlign high-precision lenses can be produced with reduced mechanical complexity

Based on the established OptiCentric® Bonding 5D alignment system, the new MultiAlign lens

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New Book: Modern Classical Optical System Design

The book is written especially for early-career designers who are involved in modern product development, where

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New ‘game-changing’ discovery for light-driven artificial intelligence

The team used a partially coherent light source by harnessing a narrow portion of the spectrum of incoherent light produ…

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An OLED for compact, lightweight night vision

Thinner than a human hair, the device amplifies and converts near infrared light into visible light with the potential for low power consumption and long battery life

The newly developed OLED device also converts near infrared light into visible light and amplifies it more than

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Standardized low loss fiber array to PIC interface demonstrated with Photonic Wire Bonds

Through the development of a standardized chip design with edge couplers available in the LIGENTEC PDK, Vanguard Automat…

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Cooling positronium with lasers

Researchers slow exotic atom to make it easier to study and explore antimatter

In this case, a weak and finely tuned laser gently pushes against a

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Super-precise spectrometer enabled by latent information carried by photons

In the future, it can be miniaturized on a photonic chip and applied in optical and

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Nanostructures enable on-chip lightwave-electronic frequency mixer

Lightwave electronics aim to integrate optical and electronic systems at incredibly high speeds, leveraging the ultrafast oscillations of light fields.

Lightwave electronics is an emerging field that aims to integrate optical and electronic systems at incredibly high spee…

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Unique nanodisk pushing photonic research forward

The material has a high refractive index, meaning that light can be more effectively

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Electrically Modulated Light Antenna Points the Way to Faster Computer Chips

Physicists from Würzburg present a nanometre-sized light antenna with electrically modulated surface properties – a breakthrough that could pave the way for faster computer chips.

Instead of trying to change the entire resonator, the team focussed on changing its surface properties. This breakthroug…

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Magnonic repeaters “tidy up signals” and contribute to energy-efficient data processing

Scientists around the world are working to make magnon-based computing possible, complementing the current electron-base…

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