New US laser technology could unlock 100,000-qubit quantum computers
Researchers in the US have developed a new technique that could allow quantum computers to scale to well…
High-efficiency broadband active metasurfaces via reversible metal electrodeposition
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Self-induced superradiant masing | Nature Physics
Initial superradiant decay and spectral hole For all experiments, we use the previously established protocol34 for generating a…
A glass bead and a green laser helps scientists observe lightning form in real time
A single green laser, a glass bead smaller than a bacterium and a lab in Austria are helping…
Triplets electrically turn on insulating lanthanide-doped nanoparticles
LnNPs consist of an inorganic insulating host, typically fluorides or oxides such as NaGd/Y/LuF4 with a large energy…
Kinetically-controlled intermediate-direct-pinning for homogeneous energy landscapes in quasi-two-dimensional perovskites for efficient and narrow blue emission
Anchoring-assisted intermediate direct pinning process The broad phase distribution of quasi-2D perovskites is mainly attributed to the rapid…
Fano interference of photon pairs from a metasurface
Materials with zinc-blende crystalline structure, such as GaAs, AlGaAs, GaP, InGaP, etc, are particularly attractive for non-linear wave…
Physicists Shatter Quantum Computing Record
In a Caltech lab, a computer screen showed thousands of tiny points of light—each one a single atom,…
Scientists Discover “Virtual Charges” That Exist Only When Light Hits
High-precision optical components used to manipulate attosecond light pulses. Credit: Politecnico di Milano A study led by Politecnico…
All-optical polarization encoding and modulation by nonlinear interferometry at the nanoscale
Neshev, D. N. & Miroshnichenko, A. E. Enabling smart vision with metasurfaces. Nat. Photonics 17, 26–35 (2023). Article …