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…
Scientists make incredible breakthrough after aiming almost 200 lasers at tiny target: ‘Far more powerful’
In 2022, scientists at California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory had a historic scientific breakthrough when they managed to…
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 …
Photonics and microwaves merge to improve computing flexibility
This breakthrough research not only improves the performance of photonic computing chips, but also provides new possibilities for…
A single-photon source based on topological bulk cavity
Design of single-photon source based on topological bulk state Figure 1 provides a detailed illustration of the design…
Spin-orbit coupling in van der Waals materials for optical vortex generation
Figure 1a schematically illustrates the creation of optical vortices via spin-orbit coupling in the hBN crystal. As shown…
Peacock Feathers Can Turn Into Biological Lasers and Scientists Are Amazed
Credit: Pixabay. On a microscopic scale, the extravagant eyespots of a peacock’s tail are built like optical machines…
German scientists create material that never existed before and could transform semiconductors, lasers, and quantum technology
Researchers in Germany have successfully created a material that has never existed before, a stable alloy made from…
Multi-stimulated far-UVC luminescence for solar-blind imaging
Design principles for far-UVC emission In order to obtain far-UVC ML in Pr3+ ions, a set of conditions…