The NIST technique still uses a laser, but only to gently probe the

An ICFO study in Nature Communications demonstrates the full control of a nano-resonator in the nonlinear regime.

An optically levitated nanoparticle in vacuum is a clear example of a 3D nano-mechanical resonator. Optimally decoupled…

In the latest study, the researchers describe how optical and electrical bistable outputs are constructed from a single…

Making use of a specifically-developed slow light technique to reduce the velocity of light dramatically, researchers at…

Quantum physicist Mikko Möttönen and his team at Aalto University have invented a quantum-circuit refrigerator, which can reduce errors in quantum computing.

The nanoscale refrigerator developed by the research group at Aalto University solves a massive challenge: with its help…

Physicists in Garching observe novel quantum effect that limits the number of emitted photons.

The probability to find a certain number of photons inside a laser pulse usually corresponds to a classical distribution…

New optical micro-oscillator could lead to next-generation timing, navigation and sensing applications

An optical oscillator is similar to a pendulum in a grandfather clock, only instead of a swinging motion to keep time, i…

Faster distributed sensor detects changes in temperature or strain at 1 million points over a 10-kilometer optical fiber

The new sensor is about 4.5 times faster than previously reported sensors with 1 million sensing points. Although there…

Mirrors minimize reflected wavefront error

The coated surface is designed to face the incident light, minimizing energy loss by preventing the light from passing t…

Control of light-matter interaction is central to fundamental phenomena and technologies such as photosynthesis, lasers,…

Computer-assisted methods aid Heidelberg physicists in reproducing experiment with ultracold atoms

A special laser configuration is used to generate a barrier that locks the atoms in a small area. If multiple wells are…

The research could allow scientists to print glass that incorporates different refractive indices in a single flat optic…

An optical system for a full-field X-ray microscope eliminates chromatic aberrations that previously limited resolution capabilities

Researchers have developed an optical system for use in full-field X-ray microscopes that offers a more practical way to…

Researchers at the University of Melbourne are the first in the world to image how electrons move in two-dimensional gra…

In order to produce tiny optical devices that rely on OAM, ultra-small wavelengths are required, which are not possible…

Experimental model system for exotic materials

The experiments conducted in Utrecht not only confirm the theoretical physicists’ predictions, but also provided new ins…

This is a breakthrough result because it establishes the ultimate performance that any point-to-point protocol of QKD ca…

New findings show the device is responsive to light even when the silicon carbide is illuminated at distances far from t…

Their first light beam has a specific color which only the targeted molecules can absorb. This causes them to heat up a…

IBS scientists model the formation of multivalleys in semiconductor microcavities, bringing new ideas to the emerging valleytronics field

Although polaritons are formed by the coupling of photons and excitons, the research team modeled the two components