Silicon chip puts the brakes on light
A photonic crystal circuit offers control over the speed of light at infrared wavelengths
Beating the sub-wavelength limit
Theorists predict that cold atoms can pass through slits narrower than their de Broglie wavelength
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Nobel prize recognizes optics researchers
Three physicists share the 2005 Nobel prize for their work in optics
A cold twist on the Hanbury Brown Twiss effect
Physicists discover classic effect in ultracold quantum gases
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Fibres control the speed of light
New approach to fast and slow light could have real-world applications
Photonic crystals move into new areas
Photonic quasicrystals and table-top accelerators are the latest breakthroughs for these remarkable materials
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Fingernails store personal information
Japanese researchers are using femtosecond laser pulses to write data into human fingernails
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Spontaneous improvements on the horizon
Controlling the spontaneous emission of light could improve the performance of solar cells, LEDs and other devices
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Lens makers go flat out
Polymers offer new way to make variable focus devices
Superlens breakthrough
Physicists have beaten the diffraction limit of light
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