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Closing the Last Loophole for Photons
Release Date: 06/03/2013 Top: The TES package contains the sensor (about one-fourth the width of a human hair) at the center of the circular section. Bott more
Novel Metamaterial 'Flat Lens' Creates 3D Images in Free Space
Release Date: 05/28/2013 Scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time a new type of lens that bends … more
The Better to See You With: Scientists Build Record-Setting Metamaterial Flat Lens
Release Date: 05/23/2013 For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that … more
Light Dynamics in a Quantum Dot
Release Date: 04/03/2013 Plots of photon arrival times at each of two detectors show that the emission of only one photon following an excitation pulse is less likely than … more
MOBY calibration
Release Date: 04/03/2013 Seen from the base of the MOBY spar, researchers work on the the facility. MOBY is deployed in clear waters about 1200 … more
High Efficiency Single Photon Detector
Release Date: 02/19/2013 Francesco Marsili at the SPD experiment. The metal cylinder at top left is the device's … more
Light Touch Keeps a Grip on Delicate Nanoparticles
Release Date: 05/02/2012 Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) … more
Future 'Comb on a Chip': NIST's Compact Frequency Comb Could Go Places
Release Date: 10/25/2011 Laser frequency combs—extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light—have helped propel advances … more
NIST Demonstrates First Quantum 'Entanglement' of Ions Using Microwaves
Release Date: 08/16/2011 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have, for the first time, linked the quantum properties of two separated … more
NIST Physicists 'Entangle' Two Atoms Using Microwaves for the First Time
Release Date: 08/10/2011 New Approach Harnesses Mature Electronics to Simplify Ion-trap Quantum Computers BOULDER, Colo. – Physicists at the National Institute … more
New Calculations on Blackbody Energy Set the Stage for Clocks with Unprecedented Accuracy
Release Date: 05/06/2011 A team of physicists from the United States and Russia announced today* that it has developed a means for computing, with unprecedented accuracy, … more
Beware the Dim Laser Pointer: NIST Researchers Measure High Infrared Power Levels from Some Green Lasers
Release Date: 08/03/2010 Green laser pointers have become a popular consumer item, delivering light that’s brighter to the eye than red lasers, but stories have … more
Stacking the Deck: Single Photons Observed at Seemingly Faster-than-Light Speeds
Release Date: 01/26/2010
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Everlasting Quantum Wave: NIST Physicists Predict New Form of Soliton in Ultracold Gases
Release Date: 12/15/2009 Solitary waves that run a long distance without losing their shape or dying out are a special class of waves called solitons. These everlasting … more |
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