Faster, More Secure Communications Using Structured Light in Quantum Protocols
Quantum mechanics is embracing patterns of light to create an alphabet that can be leveraged to build a light-based quantum network. Structured light is a…
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Intricate Control of Biological Processes With Glowing Nanoparticles and Superballs
New nanoparticles can adjust the beating speed of heart cells by emitting different colors of light. Light from nanoparticle clusters was also able to activate…
Scientists Synthesize New Light With Intrinsic Chirality
Scientists synthesized light with new intrinsic chirality to tell mirror molecules apart. Light is the fastest way to distinguish right- and left-handed chiral molecules, which…
Tiny, Biocompatible Laser Could Function Inside Living Tissues for Imaging or Treatment
Nanolaser has the potential to treat neurological disorders or sense disease biomarkers. Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser that can function inside of living tissues…
New Quantum Enhanced Microscope Extracts Hidden Quantum Information
Current super-resolution microscopes or microarray laser scanning technology are known because of their high sensitivities and very good resolutions. However, they implement high light power…
Efficient Quantum-Mechanical Interface Leads to a Strong Interaction Between Light and Matter
Researchers have succeeded in creating an efficient quantum-mechanical light-matter interface using a microscopic cavity. Within this cavity, a single photon is emitted and absorbed up…
Blanket of Entangled Light Pulses for Larger and More Powerful Quantum Computers
Scientists from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Physics describe in an article published on October 18, 2019, in Science, how — by simple means…
NASA’s New Star-Watching Technology Has Thousands of Tiny Shutters
NASA scientists plan to demonstrate a revolutionary technology for studying hundreds of stars and galaxies at the same time — a new capability originally created…
Prototype Large-Scale Quantum Processor Made Entirely of Light
Researchers open a new avenue to quantum computing with a breakthrough experiment: a large-scale quantum processor made entirely of light. An international team of scientists…
New Tunable Optical Chips Can Be Used As Building-Blocks for Next Generation Quantum Computers
Researchers demonstrate first fully integrated silicon carbide optical switch that can be thermally tuned for different functions. Researchers have created a silicon carbide (SiC) photonic…
Mosquito Eye Inspires Artificial Compound Lens That Could Lead to New Vision Systems [Video]
Anyone who’s tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly the insects can evade a hand or fly swatter. The pests’ compound eyes, which…
Engineers Develop New Camera Lens That’s 100x Lighter and 1000x Thinner
University of Utah engineers develop thin, lightweight lens that could produce slimmer camera phones, longer-flying drones. The new wave of smartphones to hit the market…
New Metasurface Design Can Control Optical Fields in Three Dimensions – No Classical Analog in Refractive Optics
A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As…
New Designs for Optical Tools Inspired by Kaleidoscope Mirror Symmetry
Using multiple-axis symmetry inspired by kaleidoscopes, new polarization designs can control spin angular momentum and transverse energy flow for complex optical tools. Washington, D.C. —…
New Tool to Study Molecular Structures Uses a Laser, a Crystal and Light Detectors
Researchers have built a new tool to study molecules using a laser, a crystal, and light detectors. This new technology will reveal nature’s smallest sculptures…
Hand-Held Microwave Imaging – To See Through Walls or Detect Tumors – Possible With New Chip
Researchers shrink bulky imaging systems down to millimeter sized chip that could be used to see through walls or detect tumors. Washington — Researchers have…
Bypassing Moore’s Law With High-Speed Photonic Computers
PAXEL, a new type of photonic integrated circuit device that uses a novel computing architecture, shows promise for high-speed, energy-efficient computing. A group of researchers…
New Method for Detecting the Invisible Properties of Nano-Structured Light Fields
Researchers combine nano-optics and organic chemistry to measure complex light landscapes in the tight focus of a laser beam in a study published in Nature…
