Brief Reflections from a Plasma Mirror

7th December 2018 by Leave a Comment

Plasmas consisting of relativistic electrons are used to generate highly intense attosecond laser pulses

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Self-Assembling for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

6th December 2018 by Leave a Comment

With this new method extremely low material consumption is achieved

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Giant Modulation of Visible Light

5th December 2018 by Leave a Comment

Nanoantennas made of achiral gold half-rings produce scattering modulation

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Nanolasers Light up Immune Cells

4th December 2018 by Leave a Comment

The new lasers in the form of tiny disks are much smaller than the nucleus of most cells

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Terahertz Radiation in Liquids

3rd December 2018 by Leave a Comment

Fundamental insights into the terahertz wave generation process in water

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First Lens for Extreme-Ultraviolet Light

30th November 2018 by Leave a Comment

A jet of atoms provides novel opportunities for the imaging of biological samples

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Waveguides Widen Light Beams

29th November 2018 by Leave a Comment

A highly efficient converter enlarges the diameter of a light beam by 400 times

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Inkjet Printers Produce Cheap Waveguides

28th November 2018 by Leave a Comment

A micro-waveguide core is printed with titanium dioxide nanoparticles for a high refractive index

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Controlling Light with AI

27th November 2018 by Leave a Comment

New photonic chip to prepare and manipulate patterns of femtosecond optical pulses

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Ultramicroscopy of Transparent Flies

26th November 2018 by Leave a Comment

Cellular microscopy makes individual nerve cells, marked with fluorescent molecules, visible

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