2009

Anisotropy Patterns

Models of anisotropy patterns are useful for understanding phenomena like the coordinated motions of heart tissue or wave flows in chemical reactions .

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Electron Emission from Stripes

Graph of the calculated amount of electrons emitted by copper-based superconductors when exposed to ultraviolet light.

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Red Dye Crowned in Milk

This crown is formed by the splash and droplets of a 2-mm drop of red dye impacting on a thin layer of milk.

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Laser-Plasma Creates Electro-Optic Shocks

A simulation of the shock wave that forms when a laser is fired into a plasma. 

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Coupled Waveguides

Coupled waveguides have properties that could be ideal for storing of quantum information.

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Waltz of the Algae

As two Volvox algae swim close to a solid surface, they attract one another and can form stable bound states in which they "waltz" around each other.

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Non-Linear Vacuum Rabi Splitting

Vacuum Rabi splitting shows as a pair of resolvable peaks when a single resonant atom is confined within a cavity.

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Carbon Nanotubes Deposited Like Paper Fibers

Buckypaper: Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image demonstrates a pseudo 2-D network of carbon nanotubes deposited like paper fibers in a thin, sparse sheet (NIST).

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