Noise Enhances Optical Sensing

21st February 2020 by Leave a Comment

Noise can be turned into a resource for optical sensing using a nonlinear cavity

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A Helical Soft-X-ray Beam

20th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

The intensity distribution of light rotates around its axis upon propagation

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Shaping Waveforms

19th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

For the first time, researchers succeeded in temporally shaping the electric field of an attosecond pulse

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First Electrically-Driven Topological Laser

18th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

Prototype has the ability to route light particles around corners

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Machine Learning for Quantum Optics

17th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

AI can reconstruct quantum states from experimental data in the presence of noise

Filed Under: Imaging, Optical Computing, Optics, Physics of Light, Quantum Optics, Quantum Photonics, Research News Tagged With: , , ,

Hybrid Microscope for Digital Biopsy

14th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

Pairing infrared measurements with high-resolution optical images and machine learning algorithms

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A 3D Camera for Advanced Biomedical Imaging

13th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

Stacked, transparent graphene photodetectors are combined with image processing algorithms

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Photonic Circuits for UV to IR

12th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

Ultra-wideband photonic waveguide platforms based on wide bandgap semiconductors

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Ultrafast Data Transfer with Sound and Light

11th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

Terahertz quantum cascade lasers could lead to the transmission of data at the rate of 100 gigabits per second

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Nanoslits for Valleytronics

10th February 2020 by Leave a Comment

2D material can emit light with valley-dependent circular polarization

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