In contrast, quantum mechanics theory suggests ... Within this context, the terms "bright" and "dark" entail that a ground-state atom can be excited or cannot be excited (due to destructively ...

Researchers, led by Oriol Romero-Isart from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum ... cooled to its ground state, evolves in a non-optical ("dark") potential created by electrostatic ...

“We are reviving key ideas used 15 years ago in the context of laser cooling and quantum optics and putting ... Review Letters in a Letter titled “Dark-State Cooling of Atoms by Superfluid ...

Quantum dots are small semiconductor islands of nanometre size and are formed by tens to hundreds of thousands of atoms 1.Although this 'atomic background' represents a complex potential landscape ...

By carefully steering atomic nuclear spins, researchers found a way to store and retrieve quantum information without ...

The electro-optic effect, where the refractive index of a medium is modified by an electric field, is of central importance in nonlinear optics ... dark states. When a medium is prepared in a dark ...

"Achieving ground-state cooling along more than one direction is key for exploring novel quantum physics," emphasizes Gonzalez-Ballestero of the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum ...

Physicists have achieved a phenomenon known as subradiance, in which atoms linger in an excited state ... quantum internet closer to reality A 'cosmic car radio' could help scientists tune in to ...

Hau’s apparatus is just about as delicate as it gets, the optics tables glittering with ... something thoroughly mysterious: the “dark state”. Physicists know what light is.

Researchers have just found evidence of “dark electrons ... “This hidden state could be a missing piece of information that is critical to understand quantum phenomena that have remained ...