Archive: Physics
Physics 2009 Research Highlights
Optics: Cerenkov radiation flipped backwards
Felix Cheung
Published online: 18 November 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.223
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et al. Experimental verification of reversed Cherenkov radiation in left-handed metamaterial. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 194801 (2009).
Top of pageNanomaterials: Spintronic snowflakes this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 04 November 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.214
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et al. Ferromagnetic Sc-doped AlN sixfold-symmetrical hierarchical nanostructures. Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 162501 (2009).
Top of pageQuantum physics: Coherence control this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 04 November 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.215
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et al. Preserving electron spin coherence in solids by optimal dynamical decoupling. Nature 461, 1265–1268 (2009).
Top of pageOptics: Ghostly images
Felix Cheung
Published online: 21 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.207
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et al. Correlated imaging with one-photon interference. Phys. Rev. A 80, 021806 (2009).
Top of pagePlasma physics: Diamond trees this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 14 October 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.203
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et al. Branched carbon treelike structures grown in direct current plasmas. Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 121501 (2009).
Top of pagePhotonics: Trapped rainbows
Felix Cheung
Published online: 30 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.190
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et al. Trapped rainbow effect in visible light left-handed heterostructures. Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 071111 (2009).
Top of pageBiophysics: Slightly inclined this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 23 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.187
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et al. Reduced efficiency of magnetotaxis in magnetotactic coccoid bacteria in higher than geomagnetic fields. Biophys. J. 97, 986–991 (2009).
Top of pageAtomic physics: Photoionization is simple man this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 09 September 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.179
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et al. Classical aspects in above-threshold ionization with a midinfrared strong laser field. Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 093001 (2009).
Top of pageCondensed matter physics: Trapped in resistance
Felix Cheung
Published online: 26 August 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.171
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, , & Resistance and superconductivity switching caused by carrier injection: Evidences of self-trapping carriers in oxide electronics. J. Appl. Phys. 106, 023708 (2009).
Top of pageMolecular physics: A few kicks in the right direction this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 05 August 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.159
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, , & Carrier-envelope phase-dependent field-free molecular orientation. Phys. Rev. A 80, 011401 (2009).
Top of pageCondensed matter physics: Mixed moments this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 22 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.149
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et al. Spin waves and magnetic exchange interactions in CaFe2As2. Nature Phys. doi:10.1038/nphys1336 (2009).
Top of pageMaterial physics: Intrinsically magnetic
Felix Cheung
Published online: 22 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.150
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et al. Evidence of intrinsic ferromagnetism in individual dilute magnetic semiconducting nanostructures. Nature Nanotech. doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.181 (2009).
Top of pageNanodevices: Ring cavity this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 15 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.144
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et al. Light coupling and modulation in coupled nanowire ring–Fabry-Pérot cavity. Nano Lett. doi:10.1021/nl901190v (2009).
Top of pagePhotovoltaics: The sky is the limit
Felix Cheung
Published online: 15 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.145
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, , & Carbon nanotube photovoltaic device with asymmetrical contacts. Appl. Phys. Lett. doi:10.1063/1.3136905 (2009).
Top of pageOptics: Swap trick this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 08 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.141
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et al. Illusion optics: The optical transformation of an object into another object. Phys. Rev. Lett. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.253902 (2009).
Top of pageSuperconductivity: A first-time parent
Felix Cheung
Published online: 08 July 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.142
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et al. Transition of stoichiometric Sr2VO3FeAs to a superconducting state at 37.2 K. Phys. Rev. B 79, 220512 (2009).
Top of pagePlasma physics: Finding the immeasurable
Felix Cheung
Published online: 10 June 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.125
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, , & Reconstruction of ion energy distribution function in a capacitive rf discharge. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 211503 (2009).
Top of pageSuperconductivity: Isotopes in action this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 13 May 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.96
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et al. A large iron isotope effect in SmFeAsO1-x Fx and Ba1-xKxFe2As2. Nature doi:10.1038/nature07981 (2009).
Top of pageElectronics: Tandem light this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 06 May 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.93
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et al. A high-performance tandem white organic light-emitting diode combining highly effective white-units and their interconnection layer. J. Appl. Phys. 105, 076101 (2009).
Top of pageBiophysics: Water aid
Tim Reid
Published online: 22 April 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.82
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, & Effect of the ordered water on protein folding: An off-lattice G
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-like model study. Phys. Rev. E 79, 031925 (2009).Nonlinear dynamics: Spiralling heartbeats
Tim Reid
Published online: 22 April 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.83
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, & Drifting dynamics of dense and sparse spiral waves in heterogeneous excitable media. Phys. Rev. E 79, 036212 (2009).
Top of pagePlasmonics: Hybrid gives a boost
Rachel Won
Published online: 22 April 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.84
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, , , & Vertical coupling between short range surface plasmon polariton mode and dielectric waveguide mode. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 141104 (2009).
Top of pageTheoretical physics: Ground work
Tim Reid
Published online: 01 April 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.66
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Ground-state entropy of the random vertex-cover problem. Phys. Rev. E 79, 020103 (2009).
Top of pageQuantum physics: Resonate with excitement this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 25 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.60
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et al. Population inversion induced by Landau–Zener transition in a strongly driven rf superconducting quantum interference device. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 102502 (2009).
Top of pageAnalytical chemistry: Finding singles this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 18 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.52
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et al. Stabilizing single-molecular Raman spectrum of a nonbonding molecule on Ag nanoparticles. Chem. Comm. 11, 1342–1344 (2009).
Top of pageOptics: Invisibility in the vicinity
Felix Cheung
Published online: 18 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.54
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, , & Complementary media invisibility cloak that cloaks objects at a distance outside the cloaking shell. Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 093901 (2009).
Top of pageMaterial physics: Ageing electrics
Felix Cheung
Published online: 11 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.48
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et al. Aging effect in paraelectric state of ferroelectrics: Implication for a microscopic explanation of ferroelectric deaging. Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 082902 (2009).
Top of pagePlasma physics: Focus on your neutrons this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 04 March 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.42
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et al. Laser-driven inertial ion focusing. Phys. Rev. E 79, 015401 (2009).
Top of pageNuclear physics: A massive problem this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 25 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.36
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, , & Determination of the neutrino mass hierarchy at an intermediate baseline. Phys. Rev. D doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.78.111103 (2008).
Top of pageGamma-ray bursts: Neutron afterglow
Tim Reid
Published online: 18 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.30
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, & Naked-eye optical flash from gamma-ray burst 080319B: Tracing the decaying neutrons in the outflow. Phys. Rev. D 79, 021301 (2009).
Top of pageSuperconductivity: Think outside the square
Felix Cheung
Published online: 11 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.24
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et al. Nearly isotropic superconductivity in (Ba,K)Fe2As2. Nature 457, 565–568 (2009).
Top of pageQuantum optics: Josephson effect — the light version this content is Open !
Felix Cheung
Published online: 04 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.18
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, , & Josephson effect for photons in two weakly linked microcavities. Phy. Rev. Lett. 102, 023602 (2009).
Top of pageMetamaterials: Stop light! this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 21 January 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.12
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, & Stopping light by an air waveguide with anisotropic metamaterial cladding. Opt. Express 17, 170–177 (2009).
Top of pagePedestrian dynamics: Think like a walker
Felix Cheung
Published online: 14 January 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2009.6
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, , & Analysis of pedestrian dynamics in counter flow via an extended lattice gas model. Phys. Rev. E 78, 066117 (2008).
Top of pageLaser physics: The long and the short of it this content is Open !
Tim Reid
Published online: 07 January 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.303
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, & Spatiotemporal moving focus of long femtosecond-laser filaments in air. Phys. Rev. E 78, 055401 (2008).
Top of pageQuantum physics: Long-term memory
Tim Reid
Published online: 07 January 2009 | doi:10.1038/nchina.2008.304
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et al. A millisecond quantum memory for scalable quantum networks. Nature Phys. doi:10.1038/nphys1153 (2008).
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