Scientists Just Found a Mind-Bending Way to Control Electrons
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new technique to better understand how electrons interact within materials. By ...
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Sneaky clocks: Uncovering Einstein's relativity in an interacting atomic playground
Within an optical lattice clock, atoms are trapped in a "lattice" potential formed by laser beams and are manipulated with ...
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New flexible 'metamaterial' inspired by nature could help us build shapeshifting space habitats and telescopes
The basic component of this lattice is a triangular structure. On one side is a fixed beam with a ball joint in the center. An arm attaches to that ball joint, and the other end of the arm is ...
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Lattice clocks embrace ytterbium
Accurate frequency measurements of a narrow optical clock transition in 171 Yb atoms trapped in an optical lattice establish this system as a serious contender in the quest to develop increasingly ...
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Possibilities open up in time
laser-cooled and trapped into a lattice formed by laser beams. He found that the laser tuned to a certain wavelength would be able to confine atoms into separate wells without affecting the ...
Japanese maker starts selling highly precise optical lattice clock
The optical lattice clock was developed by a team led by University of Tokyo Professor Katori Hidetoshi. To count time, it measures vibrations of atoms that are confined by laser beams. The developers ...