In an experiment carried out at MPQ, the fastest ever switching of electric currents in semiconductors has been achieved with few-cycle laser pulses.

These findings pave the way for the design of optically controlled semiconductor electronic devices that can operate at…

This new technique shows that it is possible to create a qubit faster than with all the methods that have been used unti…

The research team has succeeded in breaking two novel records while experimenting with so-called twisted particles of li…

For the first time, the network partners will be able to implement comprehensive solutions using optical components made…

Researchers at Tyndall have taken a step forward by making quantum dot light-emitting diodes that can produce entangled…

Satellite-based optical clocks could greatly increase precision of GPS

For the first time, an optical clock has traveled to space, surviving harsh rocket launch conditions and successfully op…

In a recent pair of publications in Nature Communications, researchers report how they have combined magnetic fields and…

The team has developed a completely new quantum simulator that can simulate the dynamics of a strongly correlated system…

A team of physicists have developed an unconventional nanoantenna that scatters light in a particular direction dependin…

Scientists from Heidelberg and St Andrews work on the basics of new light sources from organic semiconductors

With their research on nanomaterials for optoelectronics, scientists have succeeded for the first time to demonstrate a…

Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a new technique exploiting the presence of foreign atoms within a dia…

Optical communications could be enhanced by controlling the amount of twist in the light, allowing you to send more info…

Lenses with a surface accuracy in the nanometer range are behind ever more accurate laser and optical systems. Manufactu…

Broadband AR coatings available

Designed and manufactured by Edmund Optics, Precision Aspheric Lenses are ideal for applications including focusing the…

Researchers from The University of Manchester have taken a significant step closer to demonstrate that it is possible to…

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Researchers have developed a cloaking device for microscopic photonic integrated devices — the building blocks of photon…

Close to absolute zero, the particles exhibit their quantum nature

What would happen if an electric current no longer flowed, but trickled instead? This was the question investigated by r…

Scientists from the University of Stuttgart accomplished the observation of a new quantum liquid

Scientists observe how quantum superpositions build up in a helium atom within femtoseconds. Just like in the famous double-slit experiment, there are two ways to reach the final outcome.

When a laser pulse transfers enough energy to one of the electrons in the helium atom, the electron is ripped out of the…

The massive light intensities in the focus of such pulses could stimulate the air molecules through nonlinear ionization…