Hertz-linewidth semiconductor lasers using CMOS-ready ultra-high-$Q$ microresonators

Kavli Affiliate: Kerry J. Vahala | First 5 Authors: Warren Jin, Qi-Fan Yang, Lin Chang, Boqiang Shen, Heming Wang | Summary: Driven by narrow-linewidth bench-top lasers, coherent optical systems spanning optical communications, metrology and sensing provide unrivalled performance. To transfer these capabilities from the laboratory to the real world, a key missing ingredient is a […]


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Imaging spinon density modulations in a 2D quantum spin liquid

Kavli Affiliate: Michael F. Crommie | First 5 Authors: Wei Ruan, Yi Chen, Shujie Tang, Jinwoong Hwang, Hsin-Zon Tsai | Summary: Two-dimensional triangular-lattice antiferromagnets are predicted under some conditions to exhibit a quantum spin liquid ground state whose low-energy behavior is described by a spinon Fermi surface. Directly imaging the resulting spinons, however, is difficult […]


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A Giant Planet Candidate Transiting a White Dwarf

Kavli Affiliate: Saul A. Rappaport | First 5 Authors: Andrew Vanderburg, Saul A. Rappaport, Siyi Xu, Ian Crossfield, Juliette C. Becker | Summary: Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets outside the solar system, most of which orbit stars that will eventually evolve into red giants and then into white dwarfs. During the red giant phase, […]


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