New observation could provide way to increase the strength of interaction between light and matter, eventually leading to smaller lasers and other improved photonic technologies UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — ...

A laser trick in nanometer-thin magnets hints at faster storage and computing without exotic laboratory conditions ...

New research shows that light’s magnetic field is far more influential than scientists once believed. The team found that this magnetic component significantly affects how light rotates as it passes ...

By shining a focused laser beam onto a sample of material, a team at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and ETH Zürich showed ...

Scientists have used light to visualize magnetic domains, and manipulated these regions using an electric field, in a quantum antiferromagnet. This method allows real-time observation of magnetic ...

In 1845, Michael Faraday discovered what’s known today as the Faraday Effect—which describes how light and electromagnetism are related. A new study revealed that the magnetic component of light ...

(a) Weyl magnet: schematic diagram of a crystal of cobalt-manganese-gallium Heusler alloy (Co 2 MnGa). (b) Light-induced terahertz waves. Terahertz waves are being intensely studied by researchers ...

Magnets tuned with lasers at room temperature could lead to faster hard drives and a new generation of computer chips.

(Nanowerk News) When something draws us in like a magnet, we take a closer look. When magnets draw in physicists, they take a quantum look. Scientists from Osaka Metropolitan University and the ...