NSF Highlights
The National Science Foundation periodically solicits science highlights from the Magnet Lab. These highlights, selected by MagLab Director Greg Boebinger, represent the most promising and cutting-edge research underway in the lab's seven user programs. Below are our highlights for 2012. Visit our NSF Highlights Archives page for highlights from previous years. For a list of select MagLab-enabled research recently published in prominent journals, please consult our Research Summaries page.
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2012 Highlights
First Superfluorescence in a Solid
Superfluorescence, historically, is the spontaneous emission of light from a collection of excited atoms. Scientists visiting the MagLab recently discovered superfluorescence for the first time in a solid material, by shining an extremely brief pulse of light on a layered semiconductor located in an intense magnetic field. In response, superfluorescent light of a different color was emitted thirty trillionths of a second later. Superfluorescence can be used to produce light of any desired color and could be enhanced to occur at room temperature and without magnetic fields. Superfluorescent devices would be powerful tools for optical communications.
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Date: May 15, 2012
Research Area: Condensed Matter Physics
Site / Program: FSU / DC Field
Instrument: 17.5 Tesla Magnet for Ultrafast Optics/ UV/ VIS/ NIR spectroscopy
Contact: Junichiro Kono or David Reitze
Grants: G.S. Boebinger (NSF DMR-0654118); J. Kono (NSF DMR-1006663); A. Belyanin (NSF ECS-0547019) |
Publications Links
- Scientific Journals
A database of research by users and affiliated faculty, including recent unpublished research.
- Research Reports
A database of research by MagLab users and affiliated faculty, including the most recent research.
- MagLab Publications
Includes Flux, MagLab Reports, the Annual Report and other staff-produced publications.
- User Reporting
Instructions for MagLab users on how to report research results to the lab.
