Terahertz (THz) radiation, which occupies the frequency band between microwaves and infrared light, is essential in many next ...

A simple tweak to the usual setup is all that is needed to enhance a spectroscopy technique that uses terahertz wavelengths to probe samples, physicists at RIKEN University, Wakō, Japan, have ...

The membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin is a proton pump, in which proton transport is initiated by the light-induced isomerization of the chromophore retinal. The molecular quantum states involved in ...

TOKYO — July 22, 2024 — NTT Corporation and The University of Tokyo announced they have generated and controlled graphene plasmon wave packets with a pulse width of 1.2 picoseconds. They said this ...

With THz spectroscopy scaled down to chip-sized, researchers identified a potential new way to control quantum materials. (Nanowerk News) In the right combinations and conditions, two-dimensional ...

Medical imaging via X-rays, CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds provide health-care professionals with unique perspectives and a better understanding of what's happening inside a patient's body. Using ...

Virtually every scientific field has made strides by harnessing light to study the properties of substances. This technique, called spectroscopy, has countless research applications, and innovations ...