Disordered atoms steer shared light pulses by matching motion and timing

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What happened

A research team at the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Darmstadt has shown for the first time that atoms that are completely disordered and in constant motion can nevertheless emit jointly directed light preferentially in one direction—even though…

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  • A research team at the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Darmstadt has shown for the first time that atoms that are completely disordered and in constant motion can nevertheless emit jointly directed light preferentially in one direction—even though…
  • Reported by Phys.org and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:00:08 UTC.

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