Issue #4 | July 2025
🧬 Cosmic music of the Sun: Rossby and other inertial modes
🎙️ Meet Prof. Sanjit Mitra, the Spokesperson for LIGO India
🖍️ The Quest For The Sea’s Blue: The Discovery of the Raman Effect
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Cosmic music of the Sun: Rossby and other inertial modes
Meet Prof. Sanjit Mitra, the Spokesperson for LIGO India
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Fast and precise atmospheric sensing over 100 km open path
🧬 Han, JJ., Zhong, W., Zhao, RC. et al. Nat. Photon. 18, 1195–1202 (2024)
📢 Dual comb spectroscopy (DCS) is a powerful optical sensing technique that leverages two laser frequency combs, to measure gas absorption with high speed and sensitivity. By precisely determining the absorption frequencies of the sample, across a broad spectral range, DCS can detect trace gases like carbon dioxide (CO\(_2\)) a...
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