Category: Physics
Scientists develop innovative method to validate quantum photonics circuits performance
Schematic of a high-dimensional quantum photonics system generation and implementation of Fourier quantum process tomography (FQPT) compared with traditional maximum likelihood (ML) methods. Credit: University of Ottawa A team of…
Experimental Physics Leads to Award-Winning Research
Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Physicist Holly Szumila-Vance has always been curious about how the world works. Throughout her career, she has never been afraid to tackle new and…
Expanding the Hunt for Hidden Dark Matter Particles
The Science Newswise — Scientific evidence for dark matter comes from observing how it influences the motion of stars and galaxies. Scientists believe that dark matter may consist of particles. To search…
The experimental demonstration of a verifiable blind quantum computing protocol
Photograph of the photonically networked trapped-ion quantum processor server at the University of Oxford, Credits: David Nadlinger. Quantum computers, systems that process and store information leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, could…
Searching for new asymmetry between matter and antimatter
The LHCb detector seen in 2018 during its opening. Credit: CERN Once a particle of matter, always a particle of matter. Or not. Thanks to a quirk of quantum physics,…
New advances promise secure quantum computing at home
The process allows a remote user (right) to access a quantum computer in the cloud (left) with complete security. By Helene Hainzer. Copyright Oxford University Physics. Credit: Helene Hainzer. Oxford…
Physicists discover a novel quantum state in an elemental solid
A representation of data visualization of quantum states of electrons on the surface and edge of gray arsenic crystal obtained using a scanning tunneling microscope at Princeton’s physics department. Credit:…
Quantum crystal of frozen electrons—the Wigner crystal—is visualized for the first time
An image of a triangular Wigner crystal taken by scanning tunneling microscope. Researchers have unveiled an elusive crystal that is formed purely from the repulsive nature of electrons. Each site…
When laser light makes materials magnetic
Stefano Bonetti in his lab at Stockholm University. Credit: Knut and Alice Wallenbergs Foundation/Magnus Bergström The potential of quantum technology is huge but is today largely limited to the extremely…
