Researchers from the Department of Molecular Physics at the Fritz Haber Institute have demonstrated the first magneto-optical ...

Researchers integrate quantum optics into semiconductor chips, enabling scalable, low-cost quantum computing and photonic ...

Atomic, molecular and optical physics lies at the intersection of quantum mechanics and electromagnetic theory, providing the fundamental framework for our understanding of matter and light.

Stanford scientists found that strontium titanate improves its performance when frozen to near absolute zero, showing ...

Now researchers have found a way to bypass the laws of quantum physics and create a vastly more stable and accurate atomic ...

Last week, four lasers were projected into the sky above the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Paranal site in Chile. The ...

Given their tiny size, individual atoms are notoriously tricky to see and manipulate, but finding ways to do so would be extremely useful. The invention of the laser in the 1960s eventually led to the ...

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Glass nanostructures etched using high-intensity femtosecond laser pulses promise to keep vast quantities of data safe for billions of years, describe Peter Kazansky, Ausra Cerkauskaite and Rokas ...

In Cambridge, Mass, last week, members of the American Physical Society and of the Optical Society of America were given a first look at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s new spectroscopic ...

Optical sensors that can inspect and treat crops are helping farmers optimize their harvests by adjusting how much fertilizer they apply, finds Martin Griffiths During the Second World War, the US ...