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A quantum optic experimental system developed by Dr. Barak Dayan at Caltech. An optic fiber (horizontal line, left) brings light to resonators (light dots appearing in a vertical row on the optic chip, center). Lasers above the chip are used to cool and manipulate single atoms
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Weizmann Institute physicists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of 'quasiparticles...

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