The Talbot effect forms periodic patterns from laser light (simulation). Single atom qubits can be stored and processed at the high intensity points (red). Credit: TU Darmstadt/APQ Darmstadt physicists have…
Category: Physics
The ‘breath’ between atoms—a new building block for quantum technology
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Washington researchers have discovered they can detect atomic “breathing,” or the mechanical vibration between two layers of atoms, by observing the type of light…
New study explains interaction between quantized vortices and normal fluids
Visualization of quantized vortex ring above the plane (green curve), normal-fluid vortex rings (reddish half circles). Credit: Makoto Tsubota, OMU Osaka Metropolitan University scientists investigated numerically the interaction between a…
How the humble neutron can help solve some of the universe’s deepest mysteries
Aerial view of the European Spallation Source, February 2022. Credit: ESS Scientists are unleashing the power of neutrons to improve understanding of everyday materials and tackle fundamental questions in physics.…
Skepticism about Microsoft results regarding robust quantum bits
Disorder in very thin nanowires can lead to measurement results that could be misinterpreted as evidence for Majorana particles. Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics In March 2022, Microsoft…
Not yet tangible, but close
Numerical modeling results in a fraction-signature with typical pinch points (left) and should be observable experimentally with neutron scattering. Allowing quantum fluctuations blurs this signature (right), even at T=0 K.…
