New work demonstrated a high-power frequency comb that could one day replace the many individual lasers currently needed to transfer optical signals across data centers, reducing power consumption.
Read the OPN story: bit.ly/3IPO9US 💡⚛️
Congrats to the 2025 #NobelLaureates in Physics!
John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John Martinis receive the #NobelPrize for establishing the existence of quantum tunneling at the macroscopic scale, laying the groundwork for potential large-scale #quantum computers.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4o8e7lp ⚛️
Quantum!
Is it so far the most awarded field?
#nobelprize #IYQ
Game of light
Beautiful Armenia!
Tatev, Syunik;
Garni Gorge, Stone Symphony;
Shaki Waterfall;
Noravank
"I worry that there’s a tendency in society now to lose trust in scientists ... #IYQ is an opportunity to try to rebuild some of the public’s trust by educating about the scientific basis for the rush to develop #quantum technologies."
Check out our interview with Michael Raymer: bit.ly/43yia1D 💡⚛️
Kermit's "father" has been a UMD alumni, and this little green guy is one of the university's symbols 😊
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Thanks for sharing🤩
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Happy #LightDay2025!
I think it's from David Griffiths. Sooo well-said 😂
"Every competent physicist can “do” quantum mechanics, but the stories we tell ourselves about what we are doing are as various as the tales of Scheherazade, and almost as implausible".
📣 Join the #360CARLA Career Symposium "CARLA Health" in Brussels.
📅 22-23 April, 2025
📍 Pilar Box, LIC Learning & Innovation Center (in-person) & Online
🔗carlahub.eu/events/360-carla-symposi...
#carlahub #photonics #health #STEM #students #researchers
@bphotvub.bsky.social
So, one of my goals for 2026 will be to make these conversations in 3 happen!
Thanks a lot for visiting us. It was so great sharing physics' fun or fun physics with you the last couple of days🤩
Happy World Quantum Day 2025!
B-PHOT and YSO student chapters continue the cutest celebration of #IYQ 🐱
@optica.org
There is still time to apply😉
www.optica.org/events/topic...
Four wave mixing
Duolingo
After 12 hours in the lab things look different as they are😂
FWM vs Duolingo😂
Flyer about POM: no fees for registration
Photonics Online Meetup (POM23) is a little over a wk away!
Don't forget to register (for free!) to join on Gathertown for live streaming, posters, & more.
Optica student chapters: apply for funding to support a Hub!
#OpenAccess #free #SciSky #Acadsky
photonicsonlinemeetup.org/registration/
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Couldn't skip pumpkin patch while in the USA. Such a fun and typical thing here🎃
The cutest thing today 🐢
Symbol of #UMD
John Mather: what do you do with the check from Stockholm? Invest on students!
Nobel Prize in Physics 2006; Senior project scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from 1995 until 2023.
Potomac River
Exploring Maryland today alongside Potomac river.
I'm still getting my head around here to understand how things work. Promise to be fast😅
Helloooo
