A Multimodal Light Manipulator

A Multimodal Light Manipulator

March 26, 2025
Now, applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have invented a new type of interferometer that allows precise control of light’s frequency, intensity and mode in one compact package.

Magnetic Switch Traps Quantum Information Carriers in One Dimension

Magnetic Switch Traps Quantum Information Carriers in One Dimension

February 20, 2025
A quantum “miracle material” could support magnetic switching, a team of researchers at the University of Regensburg and University of Michigan has shown. his recently discovered capability could help enable applications in quantum computing, sensing and more. While earlier studies identified that quantum entities called excitons are sometimes effectively confined to a single line within the material chromium sulfide bromide, the new research provides a thorough theoretical and experimental demonstration explaining how this is connected to the magnetic order in the material.

Quantum Billiard Balls: Digging Deeper Into Light-Assisted Atomic Collisions

Quantum Billiard Balls: Digging Deeper Into Light-Assisted Atomic Collisions

February 20, 2025
In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, JILA Fellow and University of Colorado Boulder physics professor Cindy Regal, along with former JILA Associate Fellow Jose D’Incao (currently an assistant professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts, Boston) and their teams developed new experimental and theoretical techniques for studying the rates at which light-assisted collisions occur in the presence of small atomic energy splittings. Their results rely upon optical tweezers—focused lasers capable of trapping individual atoms—that the team used to isolate and study the products of individual pairs of atoms.

Diamonds Are Forever—but Not in Nanodevices

Diamonds Are Forever—but Not in Nanodevices

February 5, 2025
Now, researchers at JILA, led by JILA Fellows and University of Colorado physics professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, along with graduate students Emma Nelson, Theodore Culman, Brendan McBennett, and former JILA postdoctoral researchers Albert Beardo and Joshua Knobloch, have developed a novel microscope that makes examining these materials possible on an unprecedented scale. The team’s work, recently published in Physical Review Applied, introduces a tabletop deep-ultraviolet (DUV) laser that can excite and probe nanoscale transport behaviors in materials such as diamond.

Tuning Magnetism With Voltage Opens a New Path to Neuromorphic Circuits

Tuning Magnetism With Voltage Opens a New Path to Neuromorphic Circuits

January 1, 2025
Experiments show that applied voltage can dramatically alter the magnetic properties of quantum materials.

High-Quality Nanodiamonds for Bioimaging and Quantum Sensing Applications

High-Quality Nanodiamonds for Bioimaging and Quantum Sensing Applications

December 25, 2024
In a recent breakthrough, scientists from Okayama University in Japan developed nanodiamond sensors bright enough for bioimaging, with spin properties comparable to those of bulk diamonds. The study, published in ACS Nano, on 16 December 2024, was led by Research Professor Masazumi Fujiwara from Okayama University, in collaboration with Sumitomo Electric Company and the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology.

Researchers Demonstrate Metasurfaces That Control Thermal Radiation in Unprecedented Ways

Researchers Demonstrate Metasurfaces That Control Thermal Radiation in Unprecedented Ways

August 25, 2024
The advance shows promise for creating compact, inexpensive, and portable light sources, which are crucial for space-based applications, biological and geological field research, and military operations.
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