Scientists achieve optical measurements at atomic scales using quantum electron tunneling, surpassing conventional microscopy limits by nearly 100,000 times with standard lasers.

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Silicon carbide is for photonic circuits and quantum devices. Atomic layer processing boosts SiC waveguides and resonators, improving performance.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB are advancing silicon carbide as a key material ...

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At the request of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the "Father of Oak Ridge" Kenneth Nichols retired from the Army to become general manager of the AEC.

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising material platform for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and miniaturized solid-state quantum systems. In the ALP-4-SiC project, researchers from the Max Planck ...

High-precision magnetic sensors rely on uniform light to polarize atomic spins, yet most laser beams naturally deliver energy unevenly, limiting ...

The most precise clocks ever built are now testing Einstein, hunting dark matter, and reshaping how we define time itself. In A Nutshell The world’s most precise clocks are changing how we understand ...

Scientists have demonstrated that light alone can reversibly control magnetism in a topological material. Researchers at the ...

The 20th century was marked by the discovery of exotic states of matter. First, liquid helium was observed to flow without ...