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Galaxy Mergers have Positive Effect on Igniting Active Galactic Nuclei

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have a key role to play in the evolution of galaxies. At present, astronomers at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and the University of Groningen (RuG) have confirmed that mergers of galaxies have a positive impact on igniting AGNs.

1 Jun 2020

Study Investigates Properties of Stars During Early Evolutionary Phases

A three-year study was performed on Westerlund 2—a huge, crowded, and young star cluster—by using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

29 May 2020

Fast Radio Bursts Help Solve the Mystery of “Missing” Matter

Using mysterious fast radio bursts, astronomers have successfully solved a decades-old enigma of the “missing matter,” which was long projected to be present in the Universe but never identified, until now.

28 May 2020

Laser Wakefield Acceleration Brings Particles to High Energies

Based at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) offers high-brightness laser and electron beams to users and provides plenty of opportunities for students like Prabhjot Kaur to gain knowledge.

28 May 2020

Scientists Develop Saturable Plasmonic Metasurfaces for Laser Mode Locking

Plasmonic metasurfaces are artificial 2D sheets of plasmonic unit cells repeated in a subwavelength array, which give rise to unexpected wave properties that do not exist in nature.

27 May 2020

New Scheme to Efficiently Generate Near-Single-Cycle Mid-Infrared Pulses in Plasmas

The invention of chirped pulse amplification technique by Strickland and Mourou in 1985 has boosted the peak power of ultrashort laser pulses to an unprecedented level, which have found broad applications in fundamental science, industry and medicine.

27 May 2020

Next-Generation Laser Facilities Could Lead to a New Era for Studying Plasmas

The subject of the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics, chirped pulse amplification is a technique that increases the strength of laser pulses in many of today's highest-powered research lasers.

27 May 2020

New Method to Study Properties of Superconductors Using Optical Tools

A researcher at the Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Korea), Professor Ivan Savenko, has reported a conceptually new method to study the properties of superconductors using optical tools.

27 May 2020

Researchers Unravel Exotic Quantum Properties of Magnetite

An international group of researchers has discovered unusual quantum properties that were concealed in magnetite—the oldest magnetic material known to human beings.

27 May 2020

Astronomers See ‘Cosmic Ring of Fire’, 11 Billion Years Ago

Astronomers have captured an image of a super-rare type of galaxy – described as a “cosmic ring of fire” – as it existed 11 billion years ago.

26 May 2020

Quantum Optics News

Galaxy Mergers have Positive Effect on Igniting Active Galactic Nuclei

Study Investigates Properties of Stars During Early Evolutionary Phases

Fast Radio Bursts Help Solve the Mystery of “Missing” Matter

Laser Wakefield Acceleration Brings Particles to High Energies

Scientists Develop Saturable Plasmonic Metasurfaces for Laser Mode Locking

New Scheme to Efficiently Generate Near-Single-Cycle Mid-Infrared Pulses in Plasmas

Next-Generation Laser Facilities Could Lead to a New Era for Studying Plasmas

New Method to Study Properties of Superconductors Using Optical Tools

Researchers Unravel Exotic Quantum Properties of Magnetite

Astronomers See ‘Cosmic Ring of Fire’, 11 Billion Years Ago

Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

ORCA-Quest qCMOS Camera by Hamamatsu

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Repeat-Until-Success Algorithm for Quantum Gate Decomposition

Researchers Exploit the Color Centers in Diamond to Enhance Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Processes for NMR Applications

Application of Electro-Optic Phase Modulator in Pound-Drever Hall Technique for Laser Frequency Stabilization

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

Advancing Quantum Scalability with New Qubit Method

Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

1New Discovery Links ORC Formation to Merging Galaxy Clusters

2Enhancing Quantum Error Correction Effectiveness

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4AIST Selects QuEra’s Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer to Be Installed Alongside NVIDIA-Powered ABCI-Q Supercomputer

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