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Optical solitons create a topological edge in the bulk of a 1D chain of optical cavities
Optical solitons are highly localized nonlinear states of light, which are named by analogy with solitary waves encountered in hydrodynamics. C2N researchers, with two teams one from the Phlam laboratory in Lille and the other from Institut Pascal in …
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Jacqueline Bloch, laureate of an ERC Advanced Grant for her project ANAPOLIS
The ANAPOLIS project (Analog Polariton Simulators) led by Jacqueline Bloch has been selected for funding within the ERC Advanced Grant 2021 call. Cavity polaritons, a mixture between light and electronic excitations of matter, are obtained by trapping both light …
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International team of scientists finds new and simpler way to generate “quantum light”
An international team, gathering scientists from the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the Institut Néel and the University of Calgary, has discovered a new way to generate entangled states of light. This work is published today in Nature Photonics. …
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Electromechanical conversion efficiency of GaN NWs: critical influence of the NW stiffness, the Schottky nano-contact and the surface charge effects
The piezoelectric nanowires (NWs) are considered as promising nanomaterials to develop high-efficient piezoelectric generators. Establishing the relationship between their characteristics and their piezoelectric conversion properties is now essential to further improve the devices. However, due to their nanoscale dimensions, …
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The film of "C2N, Sculpting Matter" available in English on the CNRS NEWS platform
"To sculpt matter at the nanometre scale, where every dust or tiny vibration can compromise their work, physicists need rooms isolated from any disturbance. We report from the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Centre, where scientists use one of the largest …
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