Browse Physics

A demonstration of photon-pair generation from visible to telecom wavelengths may speed the development of quantum networks.

Ultrathin screens made of metamaterials can bend or reshape a wave transmitted through them without generating any reflection.

Optical experiments let researchers fully characterize the quantum transformations corresponding to photon creation and annihilation operators.

A new experiment reveals the different dynamics of particles and holes in ultracold fermionic gases in an optical lattice, opening the way to investigate condensed matter transport phenomena such as photoconductivity via quantum optical systems.

Plasmons on a patterned surface can enhance the production of bright electron beams.

A zero refractive index at optical frequencies, as demonstrated in a new nanoscale waveguide, enables opportunities for better control and enhancement of light propagation in waveguides, as well as development of photonic nanocircuits.

The demonstration of a single-particle interferometer opens the door to a number of applications, from investigations of gravity to surface impact physics.

Advances in extracting an image from a multimode optical fiber will make thinner endoscopes possible.

Ultracold atoms can coherently scatter backwards from a disordered potential in a way similar to classical waves.

Measurements with live retinal rod cells reveal their capacity for detecting the statistical properties of different light sources.

Experiments demonstrate a new way to prevent light from retracing its steps, which could potentially be integrated with other components on a chip to process optical information.

Radiation pressure and thermal effects come together in a new technique for manipulating particles inside a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber.

Colliding matter waves from a Bose-Einstein condensate violate a relation called the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, proving that such interactions must be considered quantum mechanically.