Jul 31, 2020
Engineers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have developed the world’s lightest mirror using a few hundred identical atoms. Even though the mirror’s surface is invisible to the naked eye, it’s a powerful new tool for quantum optical phenomena studies. The mirror has a thickness of several tens...
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