Articles tagged with Photons
Astronomers used the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to map gamma rays emitted by Centaurus A, a galaxy with a supersized black hole. The discovery confirms that microwave photons can be accelerated to gamma-ray energies through inverse Compton scattering.
Researchers at the University of Innsbruck successfully created a single-atom laser, demonstrating both classical and quantum mechanical properties. The experiment showed that by tuning the coupling between the atom and cavity mode, stimulated emission could be achieved despite the atom's weak amplification ability.
A new study led by Alexander Kashlinsky at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center reveals that a collective motion dubbed the 'dark flow' persists to much greater distances -- as far as 2.5 billion light-years away.
Researchers at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light have demonstrated that quantum particles can take both possible paths simultaneously in a random walk, leading to interference patterns and increased intensity at the edges. This breakthrough could provide new insights into statistical processes like photosynthesis.
Researchers created a novel diamond nanowire device that can generate single photons, controlled at the atomic scale. The device leverages imperfections in the diamond crystal to act as a source of individual photons, with applications in advanced imaging and quantum communications.
Researchers at the University of Calgary have successfully stacked up to two photons on top of one another using quantum entanglement, enabling the creation of various quantum states of light. This achievement brings physicists closer to developing new capabilities in measurement instruments, computers, and secure communication systems.
Researchers at Harvard University have created a diamond-based nanowire device that improves the performance of single photon sources, enabling fast and secure computing with light. This breakthrough could lead to new applications in quantum cryptography, quantum computing, and magnetic field imaging.
Using a stacked arrangement, researchers observed single photons traveling through dielectric materials with significantly reduced transit times. This phenomenon can be explained by the wave properties of light and its behavior when interacting with specific material layers.
Researchers have successfully demonstrated quantum entanglement in solid-state devices, a breakthrough that could enable faster and more secure computing. The experiment uses electrons in a superconductor to create entangled pairs, which can be used to enhance computing performance and secure data transmission.
Researchers at Caltech have developed a technique to image photons of nanoscale structures and visualize their architecture using 4D electron microscopy. The method allows for the observation of fleeting changes in the structure of nanoscale matter, enabling new insights into fields such as plasmonics and photonics.
Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute have developed a technique to create entangled photons from quantum dots tweaked with a laser. This method may enable more compact and convenient sources of entangled photon pairs than presently available, revolutionizing quantum information applications.
Two gamma-ray photons arrived at NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope with almost identical speeds, confirming Einstein's special theory of relativity. The high-energy photon was a million times more energetic than the lower-energy one, but its speed was not significantly different.
A team of Harvard chemists has developed a new microscopic technique that allows researchers to identify previously unseen molecules in living organisms. The room-temperature technique uses stimulated emission to generate images of non-fluorescent molecules, offering broad applications in biomedical imaging and research.
Researchers at the University of Arizona have performed experiments that show classical chaos exists in the quantum world, revealing new signatures of chaos and entanglement. The team manipulated individual laser-cooled cesium atoms to mimic a textbook example of chaos, demonstrating dynamic stability and erratic behavior.
Researchers at Universite de Montreal have created the world's most sensitive astronomical camera, enabling clearer images of stars. The new technology has also shown potential in detecting early signs of diseases like macular degeneration and certain types of cancer.
The sun undergoes intense fluctuations every 11 years, but most of it remains invisible to human eyes due to its high-energy EUV radiation. The new EVE sensor will improve our understanding of the sun's behavior and potential changes by measuring EUV emissions with unprecedented accuracy.
Scientists at Ben-Gurion University have developed thin films that demonstrate carrier multiplication, a process that can enhance solar cell efficiency. The breakthrough, published in Nature Physics, shows that bulk PbS and PbSe films exhibit more efficient carrier multiplication than nanocrystalline films of the same materials.
Researchers at NIST developed a new technique for measuring near-infrared light, enabling high sensitivity detection with over 1,000 times greater sensitivity than common commercial instruments. This breakthrough has applications in fields such as forensics, quantum communications, and pharmaceuticals.
Scientists have successfully trained tiny semiconductor crystals to display new magnetic functions at room temperature using light as a trigger. The breakthrough could enable the creation of materials that store information and perform logic functions simultaneously without the need for super cooling.
Astronomers analyzed gamma-rays from two dozen pulsars, including 16 discovered by Fermi, revealing unprecedented power for discovering and studying gamma-ray pulsars. The studies shed light on the nature of unidentified gamma-ray sources in our galaxy.
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a new light sensor that can generate multiple excitons per photon, breaking conventional limitations in semiconductor devices. This breakthrough has the potential to significantly improve the sensitivity and efficiency of digital cameras, leading to better low-light picture quality.
Researchers successfully manipulate entangled states of four photons on a silicon chip, achieving precise control over the behavior of individual particles. This breakthrough has important implications for quantum computing and ultra-precise measurements, paving the way for advanced quantum technologies.
Physicists at Caltech developed a nanoscale zipper cavity that exploits mechanical properties of light to enhance interactions between light and motion. The device can detect weak classical forces and has potential applications in biology, optics, and quantum realm.
Theoretical work by SLAC researchers reveals two methods for detecting true muonium's formation and decay in electron-positron accelerators. These methods use relativistic effects to create a stable signature, making observation of the exotic atom feasible. The discovery has the potential to reveal new forms of matter.
Astronomers observe a high-energy apparition, known as an X-ray ghost, lingering around a supermassive black hole in the Chandra Deep Field-North. The source, HDF 130, is 10 billion light years away and existed 3 billion years after the Big Bang.
Researchers have developed a new technique to detect individual neutral atoms, which is more accurate and sensitive than previous methods. The system uses a novel means of altering laser light polarization to 'see' the scattered photons, allowing for real-time detection with a speed of less than one-millionth of a second.
Scientists have developed non-blinking semiconductor nanocrystals, overcoming a long-standing challenge in their applications. The discovery enables the use of nanocrystals in devices like low-threshold lasers and solar cells, as well as biological imaging and tracking.
Scientists have discovered a new type of non-blinking nanocrystal that can emit light continuously. The discovery, published in Nature, may lead to more affordable and versatile lasers, brighter LED lighting, and improved biological markers.
Scientists at Caltech develop method to detect entanglement shared among multiple parts of an optical system, using the uncertainty principle. They demonstrate detection of entanglement in a W state with only a small number of measurements.
Researchers have developed high-speed detectors capable of receiving more information at a higher key rate, making quantum cryptography more user-friendly. This breakthrough enables the transmission of theoretically secure communication over long distances.
Researchers at PTB found that with xenon, a whole light-wave packet seems to knock out a huge number of internal electrons, dependent on material properties. This discovery challenges current models of the photoelectric effect and has significance for future experiments in materials research.
Researchers are working to harness solar power more effectively, creating energy-efficient and durable light sources. The project aims to produce low-cost solar cells using printing techniques, with recent results showing promising 3% power conversion efficiency.
A team of researchers from the University of Warwick has discovered a way to use doughnut-shaped quantum dots to slow and freeze light, paving the way for more efficient and effective light-based computing. This technique has significant implications for the development of 'slow glass' that can re-release photons in sequence.
Researchers directly observed Hardy's Paradox, a fundamental quantum mechanics conundrum, by using joint weak measurement with entangled photons. The experiment resolves the paradox without inference, revealing a significant step towards harnessing reality of quantum mechanics.
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have demonstrated that certain nanocrystals can generate more than one electron after absorbing a photon, increasing the potential for efficient solar cells. The study finds that these crystals can produce up to half as much energy per electron as bulk solids, offering promising results for...
Researchers at the University of Bristol have demonstrated an optical device that filters two photons based on their polarisation correlations, a key characteristic of quantum entanglement. This 'entanglement filter' has significant implications for quantum technologies, including computers, communication, and advanced measurement.
Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan have teleported quantum information directly from one atom to another over a substantial distance. They achieved this feat by entangling the quantum states of two individual ytterbium ions, allowing for the transfer of information without physical medium.
Researchers at University of Toronto have demonstrated a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, increasing certainty in measurement. This finding has potential applications for next-generation atomic clocks, novel quantum computing and our understanding of the universe.
Researchers developed a novel technique called Early Photon Tomography (EPT) to image lung tumors in living mice. EPT combines early arriving photons with tomographic principles, resulting in sharper and more accurate images compared to conventional methods.
Researchers at Georgia Tech establish a new record for quantum information storage and retrieval lifetime, advancing quantum networking. The record-breaking 7-millisecond storage time enables the transmission of data across a thousand kilometers on an optical network.
Researchers at NIST have demonstrated a way to measure low levels of stress in semiconductor devices as small as 10 nanometers across. By combining two techniques - electron back scattered diffraction and confocal Raman microscopy - they resolved the long-standing disagreement between two widely used methods of stress measurement.
Rochester Institute of Technology will develop a zero-noise detector with the Moore Foundation's $2.8M award, promising to enhance telescope sensitivity and astrophysics discoveries. The project aims to resolve noise limitations in existing detectors.
Researchers at NIST and JQI have developed a technique to fine-tune light from quantum dots using laser pairs, potentially improving entangled photon generation for quantum information technologies. This breakthrough could accelerate advanced cryptography applications and pave the way for compact quantum dot devices.
A newly developed nano-sized electronic device is sensitive to faint traces of far-infrared light, which can provide insights into the earliest stages of star and galaxy formation. The device is potentially 100 times more sensitive than existing bolometers and can detect as little as a single photon of far infrared light.
The Nanoprobe achieves 30-nanometer resolution using x-rays with photon energies between 3-30 kiloelectron volts. It combines scanning-probe and full-field transmission imaging for three-dimensional visualizations and quantitative analysis of elemental composition and chemical states.
The USC Viterbi School has received a $4.3M DARPA grant to create continuously tunable optical delays for high-speed photonic data processing. This technology could enable accurate synchronization and multiplexing of photonic data streams, potentially revolutionizing data transmission and processing.
Researchers have created a more efficient photon mapping approach to reduce computational cost in creating realistic smoky and foggy 3-D images. The new technique, presented at Eurographics 2008, has the potential to increase the reach of ray tracing algorithms into video games and consumer graphics.
Scientists at Northwestern University have demonstrated a fundamental component of quantum computing, utilizing entangled photons generated in optical fibers. The team successfully implemented a controlled-NOT gate, enabling two photonic qubits to interact, paving the way for more complex quantum computer architectures.
Researchers have successfully fired photons back and forth between a space satellite and a ground-based station, demonstrating the possibility of a secure quantum communication channel. The achievement marks an important step towards global communication via satellites using quantum mechanics.
A team of physicists and engineers at the University of Bristol demonstrated control of single particles of light on a silicon chip, a crucial step towards a super-powerful quantum computer. The controlled-NOT gate, the building block of a quantum computer, was achieved with high-fidelity operation.
Researchers at the University of Illinois have successfully transmitted two bits of information using a single photon, overcoming a fundamental limit in classical coding. The breakthrough uses hyper-entangled photons to encode and decode messages, paving the way for more efficient quantum communication.
Scientists created pairs of entangled photons using a twisted optical fiber, demonstrating the 'spooky action at a distance' predicted by quantum theory. Their results rule out nonlocal hidden variables theories and confirm quantum mechanics' predictions.
Researchers at NIST create a system to compare photon travel times with sub-femtosecond accuracy, finding significant differences in time it takes photons to pass through materials with different refractive layer arrangements. This technique could provide empirical answers to long-standing puzzles about light's behavior in narrow gaps.
Researchers discovered pure lead titanate crystals under pressure exhibit the same transitions as complex materials, displaying a morphotopic phase boundary for maximal piezoelectric properties. This breakthrough may enable low-cost but high-performance piezoelectrics.
Researchers at Northwestern University developed back-illuminated APDs that detect single photons in the ultraviolet region with high sensitivity. The devices have excellent uniformity and can be used to create secure communication systems and biological agent detectors.
Scientists at JILA have found a way to suppress the 'blinking' issue in quantum dots, increasing their photon emission rate four- to fivefold. By using an antioxidant chemical solution, they reduced the average time delay between excitation and photon emission from 21 nanoseconds to 4 nanoseconds.
Researchers found that rapidly spinning black holes produce light echoes, where X-ray photons travel different paths around the black hole, causing a constant delay independent of source position. This effect would allow astronomers to measure black hole masses with high accuracy.
Researchers from IBM, Kyoto University, Northwestern, and the University of New Mexico have achieved significant breakthroughs in silicon nanophotonics. The longest photon lifetime of 2.1 ns was observed in a photonic crystal nanocavity, while advanced microresonators with quality factors over 100 million were demonstrated.
Strauf's research enables high-efficiency single photon generation, paving the way for scalable quantum computation. The team developed a novel microcavity structure and electrical gates to achieve a net single photon generation rate of 100 MHz.
Researchers at Griffith University develop a technique to measure microscopic distances with unparalleled accuracy, using single photons as a ruler. The team achieves measurement errors less than one ten thousandth of the width of a human hair, paving the way for breakthroughs in medical research and new technologies.