Basic technology will allow users to connect to a future quantum internet that is based on the existing fiber optic network infrastructure
The Lightest Mirror in the World
As few as 100 atoms can reflect light when they act as a collective quantum system
Laser Takes Pictures of Electrons in Crystals
Picoscope: a new type of a light microscope with a resolution of a few tens of picometers
A Picture of a Light Pulse
Tiny crystals help to measure the shape of the laser light wave with high accuracy
Unfazed by Phase Shifts
A novel type of detector enables the oscillation profile of light waves to be precisely determined
An Ultrafast Glimpse of Nanoscopic Aerosols
Exploration the initial consequences of the interaction of light with molecules on the surface of nanoscopic aerosols
Quantum Optics in Topological Waveguides
New principle for quantum simulators in which quantum bits can exchange light quanta via a waveguide
Light-Wave Dynamic Control of Magnetism
For the first time ever, physicists changed the magnetic moment of a material using a light wave within one femtosecond
Quantum Distillery for Light
Munich physicists develop a technique to extract pure single photons
High-Flux Ultrafast Photoelectron Spectroscopy
New approach reduces the acquisition time for the analysis of multidimensional electron motions by a factor of 1000