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 precise control of quantum coherence and interactions governed by quantum ...
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Crystal lattice at a distance: Moiré material method makes it easier to study interactions between electrons
One of the tricks that researchers have used for a while now consists in reducing the motional energy of the electrons by artificially creating a crystal lattice with a large lattice constant ...
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New Design for Photonic Crystal Surface-Emitting Lasers
The amplified light is then emitted as a strong laser beam. PCSELs, an advanced class ... examined light wave interactions in a triangular-lattice PCSEL, where the PC forms a triangular grid ...
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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 ...
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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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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.