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    The laserfocusworld.com Science & Research channel includes articles and other content spotlighting the latest research advances and scientific discoveries related to photonics and optics.

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    Highlights

    Fiber Optics

    Hollow-core fibers revolutionize green laser technology

    Qiang Fu
    March 27, 2024
    Researchers made a significant breakthrough in laser and fiber technology, which showcases the potential for the long-distance fiber delivery of high-power green laser pulses ...
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    Detectors & Imaging

    Space-time imaging method captures ultrafast electronics in action

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 22, 2024
    Researchers in Germany create a femtosecond electron beam probe method to capture high-speed electronics operating at the femtosecond/terahertz domain.
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    Quantum

    Theoretical model makes qubits ‘fly’

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 18, 2024
    University of Konstanz physicists in Germany create a theoretical model of how an exchange of information between qubits could work by using photons to transport quantum information...
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    Fiber Optics

    Quantum Corridor opens door to fast, secure comms in Midwest U.S.

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 14, 2024
    In this Q&A with Ryan Lafler, president and chief technology officer of Quantum Corridor, he discusses the project and shares its goals and potential applications.
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    Optics

    ZEISS and Imperial College London run optics summer program for teens

    Sally Cole Johnson
    March 11, 2024
    Teens—14 and 15 years old—get opportunity to immerse themselves in optics for a week during the summer.
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    Lasers & Sources

    Pulsed light research system features built-in oscilloscope

    LFW Staff
    Feb. 15, 2024
    The X-1100/2x pulsed light research system, an upgrade to the X-1100, is designed to work with pulsed xenon light.
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    Quantum

    Quantum optics technique reveals new type of light-matter interaction within semiconductors

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 14, 2024
    Photon-cascade correlation spectroscopy enables peering into the quantum realm: Creating an image-in-time of photons reveals whether they tend to travel together or not, which...
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    Optics

    Physicists discover surface signature of higher-order topological insulators

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 13, 2024
    Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) have a unique surface signature that determines how they reflect light—and it can be used to experimentally confirm the existence of...
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    Quantum

    Multiphoton effect exists within quantum interference of light

    Sally Cole Johnson
    Feb. 9, 2024
    Researchers in Germany and Scotland explore how the visibility of the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect is affected by contamination and disprove an assumption that multiphoton components...