Quantum Optics News

Laser Physicists Generate the First-Ever Dissipative Optical Solitons in Passive, Free-Space Resonators

For the first time, dissipative solitons have been produced in passive, free-space resonators by laser physicists from the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics run by the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics as well as the Ludwig-Maximilian University.

Using Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering to Perform New Variant of Basic Double-Slit Experiment

An international team of scientists headed by physicists from Collaborative Research Centre 1238, “Control and Dynamics of Quantum Materials” at the University of Cologne, has used resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, to execute a new variant of the basic double-slit experiment.

Close Observations of Rare Hypernova Reveals Missing Connection Between Hypernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts

The most powerful explosions in the universe are gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which last several seconds and emit the amount of light analogous to almost all the stars in the cosmos.

Twirling Quantum Particles Undulating Through Hybrid Semiconductors Create Optimal Optoelectronic Properties

Quality solar panels and LED lights and monitors were the results of a revolution in the field of semiconductors. These devices have the ability to efficiently convert energy into light or vice versa.

Astrophysicists Find First-Ever Evidence of Super-Remnants from Andromeda Galaxy

For the first time, astrophysicists have discovered the evidence of formation of gigantic remains due to frequent explosions on a dead star’s surface in the Andromeda Galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years from Earth.

Researcher Intends to Extend the Application of Attosecond Spectroscopy into Soft X-Ray Region

This year, at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), attosecond research has received a further thrust. Matthias Kling (LMU Munich) has been appointed by the Max Planck Society as a Max Planck Fellow at the MPQ for five years.

Measuring the Interaction of Nanoplatelets with Light Could Advance Operation of Quantum Optic Networks

Quantum optic networks have been moved one step closer to reality, thanks to the efforts of researchers.

Researchers Observe Warped Disk Around Early Protostar for the First Time

For the first time, scientists have observed a warped disk surrounding an infant protostar that formed merely several tens of thousands of years ago. The researchers achieved this by using observations from the ALMA radio observatory in Chile.

Array of Light-Sensing Photomultiplier Tubes Constructed for Massive New Dark Matter Detector

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) dark matter detector, which will soon begin its hunt for the mysterious particles believed to account for a bulk of matter in the universe, had its first set of “eyes” delivered recently.

Researchers Directly Observe Stretching of Magnetic Ordering in One-Dimensional Quantum Systems

Guillaume Salomon, a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a group of researchers have been successful in directly observing a basic effect of 1D quantum systems. They achieved this by investigating ultracold atoms trapped in artificial crystals of light.