The quantum tunnel effect manifests itself in a multitude of well-known phenomena. Experimental physicists in Innsbruck,…

Teleporting people through space, as is done in Star Trek, is impossible by the laws of physics. Teleporting information…

University scientists have developed a rapid new technique involving X-ray imaging that allows clear images to be obtain…

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TECHSPEC Silicon Windows and PCX lenses are manufactured from optical grade silicon, which is characterized by a low den…

High-order harmonic generation is an extreme nonlinear process when intense infrared lasers are focused in a gas medium.…

The current market of infrared optics covers a wide range of wavelengths starting just past the visible range at 800 nm…

Physicists succeeded in the first direct high-precision measurement of a fundamental property of the proton / Results will contribute to a better understanding of the matter/antimatter asymmetry

One of the biggest riddles in physics is the apparent imbalance between matter and antimatter in our universe. To date,…

Semiconductor nanowires have attracted broad interest as building blocks for novel photodetectors and photovoltaic devic…

At TU Vienna, a new method was developed to utilize quantum mechanical vibrations for high precision measurements. The well-known concept of the Ramsey interferometer is applied to a complex multi particle system consisting of hundreds of atoms.

At TU Vienna, a new method was developed to utilize quantum mechanical vibrations for high precision measurements. The w…

In response to requests from the semiconductor industry, a team of PML researchers has demonstrated that atomic force mi…

University of Adelaide physics researchers have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer - three times more preci…

By employing a technique analogous to the operation of noise-canceling headphones, PML researchers have created an exqui…

Researchers have taken a step toward practical applications for "hyperbolic metamaterials," ultra-thin crystalline films…

Steering light in dielectric nanosheets in Nature Nanotechnology.

Guiding light at the nanoscale is usually accomplished using surface plasmons. However, plasmons propagating on the surf…

The photodetector developed by the researchers, therefore, represents a technical breakthrough in that it has pioneered…

Sending entangled beams through fast-light materials

Sending entangled beams through fast-light materials

Physicists at the University of Sussex have invented a powerful new microchip capable of holding the voltage equivalent…

PhaseCam laser interferometers employ Dynamic Interferometry® technology to acquire measurement data in less than 30 mic…

Imperial physicists have discovered how to create matter from light - a feat thought impossible when the idea was first…

Terahertz waves characterize coats of paint without damaging them, could keep cars from rusting, identify old toxic paint that contains lead, and even analyze artifacts

There’s nothing worse than discovering your shiny new car is starting to rust prematurely. Fear not, researchers have d…