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  Research News

  Microspheres Set to Rival Nonlinear Crystals

  Edwin Cartlidge | 21 October 2020

  Spheres of metal-oxide nanocrystals readily double the frequency of incoming light, without the hassle of phase-matching. read more  

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  Careers

  Jessica DeGroote Nelson on Embracing the Unfamiliar

  Hannah Greenwood | 20 October 2020

  A Director of Technology and Strategy at Optimax and an adjunct faculty member talks about the value of researching new topics and technical communication skills. read more  

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  Research News

  Checkerboard Nanostructure Boosts Thin-Film PVs

  Meeri Kim | 15 October 2020

  Incorporating simple grating lines, properly arranged, could enhance the performance of photovoltaics. read more  

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  Book Reviews

  Two-Dimensional Materials in Nanophotonics

  Yuerui Lu (Ed.) | 15 October 2020 | Review by Daniela Dragoman

  The latest developments in nanophotonics are outlined in this book, which is geared towards experts in the field. read more  

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  Research News

  Laser Frequency Comb Tests General Relativity

  Patricia Daukantas | 14 October 2020

  Scientists used the HARPS spectrograph to measure the solar gravitational redshift predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory. read more  

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  Research News

  An Electrically Triggered Single-Photon Gun

  Stewart Wills | 12 October 2020

  Defect centers in a 2D material, stimulated and read out with a scanning tunneling microscope tip, open one path toward an integrated single-photon emitter for quantum technologies. read more  

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  Research News

  Graphene Enables Ultrasensitive Microwave Detectors

  Stewart Wills | 10 October 2020

  Nanobolometers fashioned by two research groups could eventually serve to read out data from individual microwave photons in quantum computers. read more  

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  Research News

  Keeping a Closer Eye on Crops

  Molly Moser | 09 October 2020

  Optical technologies like terahertz imaging and near-infrared spectroscopy are being used to monitor the safety, quality and viability of food products. read more  

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  Careers

  Researchers Offer Rules for an Antiracist Lab

  Hannah Greenwood | 08 October 2020

  Two scientists outline what they say are 10 actionable steps that PIs can take to begin addressing racial inequities in STEM. read more  

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  Research News

  Toward Live Imaging with a Lighthouse-like Microlens

  William G. Schulz | 08 October 2020

  A Fresnel-lens-inspired setup could expand the applications of stimulated Raman scattering microscopy in biomedicine and material science. read more