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'Standard Quantum Limit' Smashed, Could Mean Better Fiber-Optic Comms
Release Date: 01/08/2013 Communicating with light may soon get a lot easier, hints recent research* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the … more
Photons Emitted by Quantum Dots Can be Made Indistinguishable Through Quantum Frequency Conversion
Release Date: 12/19/2012 The quantum frequency conversion system uses two pump lasers whose frequency difference is matched to the difference between the two input photon … more
New Wave: JILA Develops Efficient Source of Terahertz Radiation
Release Date: 01/19/2011 JILA researchers have developed a laser-based source of terahertz radiation that is unusually efficient and less prone to damage than similar … more
Stacking the Deck: Single Photons Observed at Seemingly Faster-than-Light Speeds
Release Date: 01/26/2010
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Making a Point: Picoscale Stability in a Room-Temperature AFM
Release Date: 03/24/2009 Forget dancing angels, a research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado (CU) has … more
Bon MOT: Innovative Atom Trap Catches Highly Magnetic Atoms
Release Date: 04/01/2008 A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has succeeded in cooling atoms of a … more
Loopy Photons Clarify ’Spookiness‘ of Quantum Physics
Release Date: 03/18/2008 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (NIST/University of Maryland) have … more
NIST Finds Rough Spot in Surface Measurement
Release Date: 07/13/2005 For makers of computers, disk drives and other sophisticated technologies, a guiding principle is the smoother the surfaces of chips and other … more
New NIST Method Improves Accuracy of Spectrometers
Release Date: 06/16/2005 Measurements of the intensity of light at different wavelengths can be made more accurately now, thanks to a new, simple method for correcting … more |
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