Optics

Researchers at Berkeley Lab have developed a tiny toolkit for scientists to study exotic quantum physicsCredit: Guorui Chen et al./Berkeley Lab Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…
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DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machinesCredit: Pallav Kosuri/Zhuang Lab/Harvard University Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips,…
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Credit: Jonathan Steffen/U.S. Naval Research Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have devised a new process for using nano-particles to build powerful lasers that are more efficient and safer for…
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New accelerometers would enable all-optical sensing networks that continuously monitor for train or track problems WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed new sensors for measuring acceleration and vibration on trains. The technology…
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Credit: Copyright 2019, Springer Nature, Licensed under CC BY 4.0 Carbon materials such as nanotubes, graphene, activated carbon and graphite are in high demand. Demands are thought to continue to increase because carbon materials have…
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Unveiling the synergistic effect of precursor stoichiometry and interfacial reactions for perovskite light-emitting diodesCredit: Charlotte Perhammar Scientists at Linkoping University working with colleagues from China have…
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Credit: Robert R. Alfano & Yury Budansky Hailed as a pioneer by Photonics Media for his previous discoveries of supercontinuum and Cr tunable lasers, City College of New York Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering Robert R.…
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Credit: S. Burrows/JILA The quantum logic clock--perhaps best known for showing you age faster if you stand on a stool--has climbed back to the leading performance echelons of the world's experimental atomic clocks.…
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A new approach to study nonlinear optical properties of polaritons in strongly correlated electronic states opens up fresh perspectives for photonics and many-body physicsCredit: ETH Zurich/D-PHYS Patrick Knüppel The concept of…
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Carbon nanotube films created at Rice University enable method to recycle waste heatCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 12, 2019) - The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels - and…
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UMD physicist for Apollo experiment gets chance to send next gen version to moonCredit: Doug Currie, University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- In 1969, University of Maryland physicist Doug Currie helped design three…
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Research conducted by Brazilian and Italian scientists ordered the structure of polythiophene to enhance the optical and electronic properties of this organic conductive polymer.Credit: Marília Junqueira Caldas Flexible electronics…
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Researchers are developing an efficient OLED consisting of only one layerCredit: MPI-P Organic light-emitting diodes are components that no longer consist of compounds containing the semiconducting material gallium, but of so-called…
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Light-sensing system could show distant galaxies in unprecedented detailCredit: UCLA Engineering Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed an ultra-sensitive light-detecting system that could enable astronomers…
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