Research Highlights (2019)4 July 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsScientists develop second sound theoryPhoto: UHH, Mathey groupSound moves at different speeds depending on whether it passes through air, water or another liquid. In superfluid helium, it can even be heard twice...13 June 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsLaser trick produces high-energy terahertz pulsesPhoto: DESY, Lucid BerlinA team of scientists from DESY and the Universität Hamburg has achieved an important milestone in the quest for a new type of compact particle...13 June 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsWith the right symmetry to more stable data bitsPhoto: UHH/MIN/WiebeA team from the Universität Hamburg in cooperation with Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Dutch University of Leiden has succeeded in magnetically...10 June 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsDiscovery of light-induced ferroelectricity in strontium titanatePhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDLight can be used not only to measure materials' properties, but also to change them. Especially interesting are those cases in which the function of...23 May 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsX-rays show self-organization of nanocrystals livePhoto: DESY, Irina LoktevaUsing X-rays, a research team has watched live how nanocrystals organize themselves into a highly ordered layer. The study helps to better understand...15 May 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsProbing ferromagnetic order with spin-flip dynamicsPhoto: UHH, AG SchmelcherScientists from the Centre for Optical Quantum Technologies at Universität Hamburg have identified an unconventional ferromagnetic order emerging in...17 April 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsThe dynamics reveals the ground statePhoto: UHH, AG SengstockResearchers from Universität Hamburg and MPIPKS in Dresden have observed the linking of dynamical vortices in a system for the first time. This...21 March 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsThe taming of the light screwPhoto: Jörg Harms / MPSDScientists create high-order harmonics from solids with controlled polarization states, taking advantage of both crystal symmetry and attosecond...21 March 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsResearchers generate the shortest ultraviolet laser pulse everPhoto: DESY, AG CalegariResearchers at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) have generated a 1.9-femtosecond ultraviolet laser light pulse - setting arecord for...18 February 2019|Advanced Imaging HighlightsNew measurement technique for topological quantum systemsPhoto: UHH, AG SengstockResearchers at Universität Hamburg have demonstrated a new scheme for measuring the topological index of a system. The index describes the topological...Previous articles
