Bright Squeezed

Anomalous Autler-Townes Splitting in Resonant Multiphoton Ionization Driven by Bright Squeezed Vacuum

Announce Type: new Abstract: Bright squeezed vacuum (BSV) light has a vanishing mean optical electric field yet can strongly enhance strong-field nonlinear responses beyond the conventional semiclassical paradigm. Here we examine this scenario in the light-matter strong-coupling regime by investigating resonant multiphoton ionization of atoms driven by BSV, using a fully quantum treatment of both the electron and the field.

Nonlinear atomic tunnelling boosted by bright squeezed vacuum

Quantum light gives a 20-fold boost to ultrafast laser processes

May 30, 2026 report Quantum light gives a 20-fold boost to ultrafast laser processes Sam Jarman Author Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Nonlinear interactions between light and matter are at the heart of some of the most powerful tools in modern optics, but pushing these processes to their limits has long been hampered by a fundamental constraint: the stronger you make the laser, the more likely it is to destroy whatever it illuminates. Through new experiments...

Fast Radio Bursts produced during collapse of macroscopic X-mode in magnetized pair plasma

arXiv:2606.09417v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We demonstrate that in highly magnetized pair plasma nonlinear long-wavelength X-modes experience wave collapse/breaking, whereby the wave undergoes severe spatial steepening, driven by nonlinear modifications of the refractive index and strong ponderomotive forces. The collapse/wave breaking occurs in a narrow parameter regime, when the fluctuating part of the magnetic field exceed the guide field, and plasma magnetization is close to the...

Folding Beijing

At ten of five in the morning, Lao Dao crossed the busy pedestrian lane on his way to find Peng Li. After the end of his shift at the waste processing station, Lao Dao had gone home, first to shower and then to change. He was wearing a white shirt and a pair of brown pants—the only decent clothes he owned.

The Arduboy FX-C is an excellent time killer you might forget you’re carrying

The Arduboy FX-C squeezes a lot of entertainment into a thin, credit card-sized handheld. As handheld consoles continue to grow and push the limits of what you can actually hold in your hands, the Arduboy FX-C comes in a refreshingly pocketable package.  It manages to squeeze the best features of past models and some welcome upgrades into a handheld that’s still no larger or thicker than a few credit cards. It’s the best version of the Arduboy so far, particularly for gamers who want to...

Binge Drinking Has Never Been Easier

Until recently, cocktails were a rarity at baseball stadiums. Beer was far easier to grab on the go, and getting rowdy fans liquored up was in no one’s best interest. Liquor was limited, sometimes exclusively to air-conditioned suites where cosmopolitans could be sipped far from the masses.

Ahoy, DECmate II the little PDP-8 that could

Now, that's a lot of word processing. But under the hood it's still at least PDP-8 adjacent, even considering its oddities and incompatibilities, and you can make it do many of the things a full-size Eight can. We'll take this basic unit, convert the floppy drives to solid state, tap the video output, and put it through its paces.

Can a luxury wellness cruise really help you switch off?

Can a luxury wellness cruise really help you switch off? Aboard Explora I, one sceptical traveller tried sunrise yoga, sound baths and spa rituals at sea and found moments of real calm, even on a ship with hundreds of passengers. Moving through the yoga flow sequence at sunrise, I became so locked into the rhythm of my breath that my surroundings faded away.

London tube strikes live: Suspensions and huge delays as passengers 'sick of it'

London tube strikes live: Suspensions and huge delays as passengers 'sick of it' The Piccadilly Line and Circle Line have been suspended entirely today with other routes severely affected after Tfl tube drivers walked out A tube strike has left large parts of the London Underground network either suspended or heavily disrupted today with severe delays to travel across the city. The first of two 24-hour walkouts began at 00.01 today and will end at 11:59pm, with further action expected on...