Science cell with tweezer forming objective lenses. Credit: Covey Lab. Quantum networks, systems consisting of connected quantum computers, quantum sensors or other quantum devices, hold the potential of enabling faster…
Category: Physics
Rules for creating quasiparticles that can power optical computers, quantum devices
The research team tested materials ranging, from films with randomly arranged molecules to more organized molecular crystals to the fixed lattices of different 2D materials to identify three guiding rules…
Physicists improve precision of atomic clocks by reducing quantum noise
The new method, which the researchers dub “global phase spectroscopy,” offers a way to keep an atomic clock’s laser highly stable. Credit: Ryley McConkey Every time you check the time…
Observing quantum weirdness in our world: Nobel physics explained
The new physics Nobel laureates laid the groundwork for the development of superconducting quantum bits, such as those used in Google’s Sycamore processor. The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded…
Physicists develop new quantum sensor at the atomic lattice scale
Lattice scale localization of charge traps. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61839-2 Patent application: Tool for materials science researchers in the quantum age The researchers recently published their study in…
Quantum uncertainty captured in real time using femtosecond light pulses
Mohammed Hassan, associate professor of physics and optical sciences, is the corresponding author on a paper which explains how researchers captured and controlled quantum uncertainty in real time using ultrafast…
Molecular coating cleans up noisy quantum light
Optical micrograph of the monolayer tungsten diselenide sample, with the right-hand side functionalized with PTCDA. Credit: Mark Hersam / Northwestern University Quantum technologies demand perfection: one photon at a time,…
