Shaped light waves penetrate further into photonic crystals
Result overcomes Bragg-length barrier and could have important applications in optoelectronics
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Graphene beam splitter gives electron quantum optics a boost
Device could allow electron interferometry to be used in nanotechnology and quantum computing
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Nanoscale degradation of ferroelectric crystals observed for the first time
Charge accumulation drives polarization in the wrong direction
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Quantum dot array could make ultralow-energy switches
Researchers observe nonlinear effect in a new kind of hybrid semiconductor
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Superconductivity and quantum Hall effect coexist in novel nitride material
GaN/NbN heterostructure supports both phenomena – which are usually mutually exclusive – and is now a candidate for topological quantum computing
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Flexible detector takes high-resolution X-ray images in 3D
Device might find use in healthcare applications such as portable mammography detectors
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Ferroelectric domain wall diodes get flexible
New devices can be erased, positioned and shaped using electric fields
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Nanotube artificial muscles pick up the pace
Electrochemically powered actuator is unipolar and contracts more when driven faster, unlike previous devices
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Hollow-core fibre boosts optical gyroscope performance
New device could make its way into next-generation guidance and civil navigation systems
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NASA scientists design a nanoscale complementary vacuum field emission transistor
Device offers immunity to radiation damage
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