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Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum ...


Physicists Demonstrate Three-Color Entanglement

Physicists Demonstrate Three-Color Entanglement

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (25) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, physicists have demonstrated the quantum entanglement of three light beams, all of different wavelengths. Entanglement of two light beams of different wavelengths has already ...


Quantum memory and turbulence in ultra-cold atoms

Quantum memory and turbulence in ultra-cold atoms

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at MIT have figured out a key step toward the design of quantum information networks. The results are reported in the July 20th issue of Physical Review Letters and highlighted in APS's on-line journa ...


Scientists discover repulsive side to light force

Scientists Discover Light Force with 'Push' Power

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (26) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Yale University researchers has discovered a "repulsive" light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be controlled ...


Scientists develop novel ion trap for sensing force and light

Scientists develop novel ion trap for sensing force and light

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Miniature devices for trapping ions (electrically charged atoms) are common components in atomic clocks and quantum computing research. Now, a novel ion trap geometry demonstrated at the National Institute ...


Blurring the lines between magic and science: Berkeley researchers create an 'invisibility cloak'

Invisibility Cloak Blurs Line Between Magic and Science (w/Video)

Physics / General Physics

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (20) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- The great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously noted the similarities between advanced technology and magic. This summer on the big screen, the young wizard Harry Potter will once ...