City College leads new photonics breakthrough
Credit: ITMO University A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led ...
Tag: Atomic Physics
Tiny quantum sensors watch materials transform under pressure
Scientists at Berkeley Lab convert diamonds' atomic flaws into atomic sensors with front-row seats to a quantum world of materials ...
New laser technique images quantum world in a trillionth of a second
Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, ...
Ultrafast stimulated emission microscopy of single nanocrystals in Science
Credit: ICFO The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed ...
Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality
Calculations by UC Riverside's Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid heliumCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
Surface effects affect the distribution of hydrogen in metals
The researchers studied the distribution of hydrogen in metals in the process of standard testing for hydrogen cracking.Credit: Peter the ...
A momentous view on the birth of photoelectrons
The first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionisation process provides unprecedented insight into the birth ...
Fusion by strong lasers
HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nucleiCredit: DESY Nuclear physics usually involves high ...
Atom music lets listeners experience atomic world through sound
By correlating bright lines within the atomic spectra to audible tones, individual atom notes can be identified to create atom ...
Atomic-scale manufacturing method could enable ultra-efficient computers
Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07637 As computers continue to infiltrate almost every aspect of modern life, their ...
Lehigh University nuclear fusion plasma control expert pursuing global energy goal
Two recently awarded DOE grants fund the work of Eugenio Schuster, who is leading research teams at existing tokamaks that ...
Escher’s angels and demons woodcut predicts how matter deforms
A study published in the prestigious Physical Review LettersCredit: PRL Politecnico di Milano Dutch artist M.C. Escher's most famous drawing, ...
Magnetic wave flows under better control from now on
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Even faster processors with even smaller dimensions? Wherever neither electronics nor spintronics can cope with performance ...
Magnetic wave flows under better control from now on
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Even faster processors with even smaller dimensions? Wherever neither electronics nor spintronics can cope with performance ...
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