Phonon lasers unlock ultrabroadband acoustic frequency combs

• Acoustic frequency combs organize sound or mechanical vibrations into a series of evenly spaced frequencies, much like the teeth on a comb. • They are the acoustic counterparts o

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 129 words

Terahertz spectroscopy finds nitrogen can lengthen GaAs-like LO phonon decay

• An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team investigated the decay time of coherent longitudinal optical (LO) phonons both in a GaAs1−xNx epilayer and in a GaAs single cry

Science · February 19, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 121 words