Microcavity could make a platform for quantum sensing
New work shows that the dynamical instabilities of a system can be exploited as a resource
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Photons stay entangled despite huge jump in frequency
New technique preserves quantum correlations between two photons even when the frequency of one is increased by 125 terahertz
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Quantum batteries harvest energy from light
Quantum mechanical effects enable more efficient energy-capture technology
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‘Coherent optical engineering’ turns opaque material temporarily transparent
New approach could also be used to create artificial materials such as exotic quantum magnets
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Interference wall captures single photons
New technique could help avoid the need for highly optically nonlinear materials
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Chalcogenide glasses open up to visible and ultraviolet wavelengths
Nanostructured metasurface overcomes a previous limitation for these materials
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Atoms and molecules make vortex beams
"Twisted" wavefront structures had previously only been seen in photons and electrons
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Indestructible light waves travel through opaque material as if it isn’t there
Scattering-invariant modes of light are transmitted through a disordered medium in the same way as through homogeneous space
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Complex light waves measure hidden objects
Tailoring the spatial profile of the incident laser beam enables accurate measurement of objects hidden behind disordered structures
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Tiny particles produce huge photon avalanches
Highly nonlinear process observed in lanthanide nanocrystals could lead to advanced imaging, sensing and light detection applications
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