Tag Archives: Optics

Seeking Signatures of High-Energy Vortex States

Posted on December 23, 2024 by rberkowitz

A proposed method could detect vortex states of high-energy particles through a scattering phenomenon called a superkick. Continue reading →

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A Laser Casts a Shadow

Posted on December 9, 2024 by rberkowitz

Through its interactions with a crystal, light becomes an opaque object—an effect that could be harnessed in applications. Continue reading →

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Programming a Crystal Defectwith Light

Posted on November 29, 2024 by rberkowitz

Forces imposed by laser light can manipulate the shape of a membrane’s vibrational modes. Continue reading →

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Space-Based Sensor Captures Lightning Data in a Bottle

Posted on November 5, 2024 by rberkowitz

The Falcon Neuro imager is plugging gaps in lightning research. Continue reading →

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How Do You 3D Print Glass?

Posted on August 23, 2024 by rberkowitz

Precisely shaped glass is a tricky substance for additive manufacturing. Continue reading →

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Powering Down

Posted on July 7, 2024 by rberkowitz

How optics technologies can reduce the energy costs of artificial intelligence and boost data center efficiency. Continue reading →

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Crystallizing the Path Toward a Nuclear Clock

Posted on July 2, 2024 by rberkowitz

Researchers have made the most precise measurement to date of the excited nuclear state of thorium-229, a candidate isotope for an ultraprecise nuclear clock. Continue reading →

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Reducing Persistence ofAntibiotic Resistance

Posted on February 23, 2024 by rberkowitz

A light-based technique can make bacteria more susceptible to antibiotics, and it is nearing clinical trials. Continue reading →

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It’s a Trap—for Lanthanides

Posted on November 15, 2023 by rberkowitz

Trapping and imaging single dysprosium atoms extends the utility of optical tweezer arrays to electronically complex species, opening the door to new quantum physics studies. Continue reading →

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Intense X Rays Can Free Bound Electrons

Posted on October 18, 2023 by rberkowitz

Measurements indicate that intense x-ray pulses can change the electronic structure of a material on femtosecond timescales, a finding that could improve imaging of light–matter interactions. Continue reading →

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