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New Light on the Solid State

06.08.2020
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics
Some of the fastest light pulses ever take on solid materials
polaritons

Blurring the Distinction

13.05.2020
Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science
The marriage of matter and light is revealed through a dark state
Kinetic energy distribution of molecular fragments

Back in Time

09.03.2020
Lasers & Optics, Particle Physics, Quantum Physics, Nanoscience
Measuring echoes of quantum states in a single molecule gives researchers new insight into a unique phenomenon
Shrimp

In the Eye of the Shrimp

20.01.2020
Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Structural Biology
Through millions of years of evolution, shrimps have developed unique-shaped eyes that enable them to see well in their immediate environment - the...
Returning Light

Returning Light

23.12.2019
Lasers & Optics
Institute physicists solve a "hard problem" with lasers and a hint
chirality cartoon

Flipping Light to Separate Left from Right

12.12.2019
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics
Light that switches direction every few billionths of a billionth of a second may be the fastest way yet to study ultrafast “mirror-image” phenomena
separating chiral molecules illustration

Telling Left from Right by Spinning Them with Light

22.08.2019
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Biochemistry
Using lasers to separate chiral molecules had been predicted - but never before demonstrated
Dudovich and group

Making Waves on Reentry

10.06.2019
Lasers & Optics, Quantum Physics
A new approach to measuring electrons’ quantum states looks at the tail end of their escape 
Fast and Slow Measurement: Revealing the Shape of a Pulse

Fast and Slow Measurement: Revealing the Shape of a Pulse

07.05.2019
Lasers & Optics, Quantum Physics, Mathematics
Two ultrafast pulses, measured together, create a kind of shape-revealing hologram 
SO2 molecules line up

Making Molecules Stand in Formation

07.03.2019
Lasers & Optics, Chemistry, Structural Biology
A new method for aligning molecules could advance the field of x-ray crystallography

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