Researchers Manipulate Nanoscale Particles with Light
Scientists from MIT have created in simulations the first system in which particles — ranging from roughly molecule to bacteria-sized — can be manipulated by…
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MIT Engineers Develop Programmable Nanophotonic Processor
A team of engineers propose a new architecture for a fully optical neural network that, in principle, could offer an enhancement in computational speed and…
MIT Engineers Develop New Technique for Highly Conductive Graphene Wafers
By using an adhesive-like layer of nickel to peel graphene from silicon carbide, engineers at MIT have developed a technique to produce highly conductive wrinkle-free…
MIT Engineers Demonstrate Second-Order Nonlinearity in Silicon
New research from MIT reveals a practical way to introduce second-order nonlinearities into silicon photonics, showing that silicon can reproduce physical phenomena exploited by high-end…
New Technique Reveals Internal Characteristics of Photonic Crystals
Scientists at MIT have developed a new technique that reveals the inner details of photonic crystals, synthetic materials whose exotic optical properties are the subject…
Yale Engineers Advance Quantum Technology With Photon Control
Engineers from Yale University have developed a new technique to control the frequency of single photons. The ability to control the frequency of single photons…
Quantum Physics – Teleporting Toward a Quantum Internet
New experiments in Calgary tested quantum teleportation in actual infrastructure, representing a major step forward for the technology. Quantum physics is a field that appears…
New Research Opens New Realms of Light-Matter Interaction
A new study from MIT shows that some “forbidden” light emissions are in fact possible, and could enable new sensors and light-emitting devices. A new…
Physicists Amplify Light Using Sound on a Silicon Chip
A team of physicists has discovered a way to greatly boost the intensity of light waves on a silicon microchip using the power of sound….
New Research May Help in the Development of Nano-Optical Transistors for a Photonic Computer
Researchers show that a single molecule allows a beam of light with a few photons to be controlled – a step towards the photonic computer….
Physicists Test the Response Time of Electrons
Researchers from the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics generated for the first time visible flashes of light in attosecond dimensions. They dispatched the light-flashes to electrons…
Two-Stage Process Makes Incandescent Bulbs More Efficient
Using a two-stage process that captures heat loss and reflects it back to the filament to be re-absorbed and re-emitted as visible light, engineers from…
Physicists Achieve Quantum Entanglement at Room Temperature
A newly published study from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory demonstrates how macroscopic entanglement can be generated at room temperature and in…
Engineers from Brown Develop Key Component for Terahertz Wireless
Engineers from Brown University have made progress on a key component for terahertz wireless: multiplexing and de-multiplexing a terahertz stream. Terahertz radiation could one day…
Physicists Observe Weyl Points for the First Time
An international team of physicists has confirmed for the first time the experimental observation of Weyl points. Part of a 1929 prediction by physicist Hermann…
Hyperentanglement Allows Photons to Carry More Data
By slicing up and entangle each photon pair into multiple dimensions, researchers from UCLA have demonstrated a new way to harness light particles. A team…
UC Engineers Break Distance Barriers for Fiber Optic Signals
Scientists at UC Diego have increased the maximum power at which optical signals can be sent through optical fibers, breaking key barriers that limit the…
Researchers Control Light Emission by Pairing Exotic 2D Materials
By applying a DC voltage to layers of graphene and boron nitride, researchers have demonstrated the ability to control light emission from a nearby atom….