In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have demonstrated the Hong–Ou–Mandel (HOM) effect with up to 12 ...
Quantum physics once shocked scientists by revealing that particles can behave like waves—and now, that strange behavior has been pushed even further. For the first time, researchers have observed ...
Quantum physics revealed that matter can behave like waves, a concept famously demonstrated through interference experiments but never directly observed in certain exotic systems. Now, researchers ...
Physicists have demonstrated that even relatively large metallic nanoparticles can exist in quantum superposition, behaving like waves spread across space rather than fixed objects. Credit: ...
For decades, astronomers have been puzzled by strange “zebra stripe” patterns in radio waves from the Crab Pulsar — bright bands separated by complete darkness. Now, new research suggests the answer ...
Abstract: Photolithography has a resolution limit of the incident wavelength that is generated by the diffraction of light. Surface plasmon (SP) is a recently proposed nanolithography technology that ...
Abstract: Surface plasmon lithography has been studied as a method to overcome the diffraction limit, which is the limit of general photolithography. Since surface plasmons are difficult to apply in ...
X-ray diffraction (XRD) is a powerful non-destructive analytical technique used to evaluate crystalline materials and determine their structural properties. As one of the most widely used ...
Diffraction refers to the bending of waves, such as light, when they encounter obstacles or pass through small openings. The size of the opening relative to the wavelength of light influences the ...
With the super-election year of 2024 in the rearview mirror, there is a lot to learn from the elections that have taken place in Europe during a period of increasing geopolitical tensions. In ...
Large-area gratings play a crucial role in various engineering fields. However, traditional interference lithography is limited by the size of optical component apertures, making large-area ...