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First germanium laser brings us closer to 'optical computers'
Feb 04, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers have demonstrated the first laser built from germanium that can produce wavelengths of light useful for optical communication. It’s also the first germanium laser to operate ...
Stacking the deck: Single photons observed at seemingly faster-than-light speeds
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Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland at College Park, can speed up photons (particles of light) ...
Optical Refrigeration: Researchers Achieve Milestone in Laser Cooling
Jan 19, 2010 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of New Mexico have established a new low in temperature cooling through laser cooling of solids to cryogenic temperatures. Under an AFOSR, MURI grant, a team ...
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Novel zoom objective with deformable mirrors
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Jan 18, 2010 |
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Giant Rydberg atoms confined in a micro-glass cell
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Jan 14, 2010 |
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New quantum cascade lasers emit more light than heat
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Jan 11, 2010 |
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Will high-density PICs be the next big thing?
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Jan 05, 2010 |
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Tiny whispering gallery: Sensor can detect a single nanoparticle and take its measurement
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Dec 18, 2009 |
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Physicists investigate structural properties of spider webs,
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Exploring the characteristics of viscoelastic fluids,
Feb 04, 2010 |
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Artificial magnetic fields for light could illuminate correlated quantum systems,
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Creating a quantum gas,
Feb 01, 2010 |
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Physicists Investigate Possibility of an 'Unhiggs',
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Physicists lay the groundwork for cooler, faster computing
Dec 14, 2009 |
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University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Sajeev John and Xun Ma have discovered new behaviours of light within photonic crystals that could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that ...
Sparkly Spiders and Photonic Fish
Dec 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Israel and the UK have uncovered the details of how certain fish and spiders create their iridescent scales and silvery skins.
Research is shattering traditioinal notions of laser limits
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Air Force Office of Scientific Research and National Science Foundation-funded professor, Dr. Xiang Zhang has demonstrated at the University of California, Berkeley the world's smallest semiconductor laser, ...
Fine-tuned: A wholly new approach to tuning a laser's frequency
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than 30 years, scientists have been trying to harness the power of terahertz radiation. Tucked between microwaves and infrared rays on the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz rays ...
Building a more versatile laser
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the drawbacks associated with using semiconductor lasers is that many of them can only produce a beam of a single wavelength, and can only send that beam in one direction at a time. ...
Invisibility visualized: German team unveils new software for rendering cloaked objects
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and curiosity seekers who want to know what a partially or completely cloaked object would look like in real life can now get their wish -- virtually. A team of researchers at the ...
Pushing light beyond its known limits
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of.
Sculptured materials allow multiple channel plasmonic sensors
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light -- a surface plasmon-polariton -- may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications if manufacturers ...
Compressing photonic signals for greater bandwidth
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious method to time-compress optical signals. The process could enable optical communication systems to carry many more bits per second or could also be used to generate ...
Flipping a photonic shock wave
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A team of physicists has directly observed a reverse shock wave of light in a specially tailored structure known as a left-handed metamaterial. Although it was first predicted over forty years ago, this is ...
Mantis shrimps could show us the way to a better DVD
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics.
Breakthrough with light could help viral research
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method using the force of light to gently trap, manipulate and study tiny, active objects as miniscule as viruses -- opening doors to expanded viral research.
Chinese scientists create metamaterial black hole
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two physicists in China have used metamaterials to create the first artificial electromagnetic black hole. The scientists, Qiang Cheng and Tie Jun Cui from the Southeast University in Nanjing, ...
A road of no return: Team implements the first '1-way roads' for light
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Light readily bounces off obstacles in its path. Some of these reflections are captured by our eyes, thus participating in the visual perception of the objects around us. In contrast to this usual behavior ...
Scientists take step toward simple and portable tuberculosis tests for developing world
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Two billion people worldwide carry the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB), and most of them do not even know they are infected. This is because some 90 percent of people with TB have "latent" infections. They have no ...
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Femtoseconds lasers help formation flying in space
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Laser Fusion and Exawatt Lasers
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Perfect image without metamaterials... and a reprieve for silicon chips (w/ Video)
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Time Lens Speeds Up Optical Data Transmission
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Discovery brings new type of fast computers closer to reality
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Prototype developed to detect dark matter
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Diamonds are a laser's best friend
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'Metamaterials' used to look at effects of black holes, other celestial objects
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Light at the speed of a bicycle and much more
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World's smallest semiconductor laser heralds new era in optical science
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Aug 30, 2009 |
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Open wide and say 'zap'
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UGA, UPR grant license for long-persistence glow materials, in any color
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New nanolaser -- spaser -- key to future optical computers and technologies
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New interferometer could simplify materials research
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Scientists control living cells with light; advances could enhance stem cells' power
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Effects of 'strong coupling' observed for the first time between light and a micromechanical object
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Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers
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NRL scientist receives patent for rugged-lightweight spectrometer assembly
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