How light travels through a material is measured by the index of refraction, a fundamental optical constant long thought to be an intrinsic materials property. However, research has shown that features manipulated through nanofabrication techniques can le
A team led by Robert Wolkow at Canada's National Institute for Nanotechnology in Edmonton, Alberta, has discovered that single silicon atoms, sitting in an electron-doped silicon lattice that is blanketed with hydrogen, provide electronic structures with
An atomic physics experiment demonstrates a solution to an eighty-year-old quantum conundrum by mimicking in an atom the astronomical problem of a satellite moving in a sun-earth system. How to stabilize a wave packet?