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The new imager captures amplitude and phase information without digital processing

The new imager captures amplitude and phase information without digital processing

Complex all-optical field imaging using diffractive processors. UCLA’s new imager captures amplitude and phase information without digital processing. Credit: UCLA Engineering Institute for the Advancement of Technology Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have achieved a significant breakthrough in optical imaging technology. A new all-optical complex field imager has been developed, capable …

News from ‘El Gordo’: Study suggests dark matter may eventually have collisional properties

News from 'El Gordo': Study suggests dark matter may eventually have collisional properties

Credit: Astronomy and Astrophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202348000 Contrary to what is determined by the standard model, dark matter can indeed interact on its own. This was the conclusion of a study published in Astronomy and Astrophysics and directed by Riccardo Valdarnini of SISSA’s Astrophysics and Cosmology group. Using numerical simulations, the study analyzed what happens …

A strange molecule may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune, affecting their magnetic fields

A strange molecule may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune, affecting their magnetic fields

Crystal structures and electronic localization function of H4⁢O⁢F2 and H4⁢O⁢F2·HF. Credit: Physical review B (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.174102 Skoltech scientists and their Chinese colleagues have determined the conditions that enable the existence of a very special ion. Called aquodiium, it can be thought of as an ordinary neutral water molecule with two extra protons stuck to …

GHz on-chip timing crystals with semiconductor photonics pave the way to new optoelectronic physics and applications

GHz on-chip timing crystals with semiconductor photonics pave the way to new optoelectronic physics and applications

Schematic of the experimental setup. Credit: science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adn7087 Researchers have for the first time observed a timing crystal on a small-scale semiconductor chip oscillating at a rate of several billion times per second, revealing extremely high nonlinear dynamics in the GHz range. The results of the experiment, published in scienceestablish a strong link …