Slow atomic movements shed new light on unconventional superconductivity

An SLAC research team discovered how an exceedingly slow process known as atomic relaxation changes in the presence of two of the quantum states that intertwine in cuprate superconductors. The…

In experiments, superconducting qubit baths give clean simulation of quantum transport

A path towards applying topology in quantum computing

Simulation results for the “shortcut to adiabaticity” protocol. The Wigner function evolution for the Kerr nonlinear oscillator state during the protocol is shown for the two different initial states, one…

Infrared detectors made from quantum dots—a keener eye for the invisible

On the dot: Quantum dot-based IR detectors applied to an optic fiber. Credit: Empa What do motion detectors, self-driving cars, chemical analyzers and satellites have in common? They all contain…

Physics experiment proves patterns in chaos in peculiar quantum realm

Advances in fine-tuning electron behavior in quantum materials could fast-track next generation of tech

New spin quantum battery can be charged without an external field

The left panel shows a sketch of the charging process: the delta parameter varies over time from δ_0 to δ_0+δ_1 and then returns to δ_0, altering the strength of interactions…

Promising strategy leverages atomic displacements to control quantum properties of a vanadate perovskite

Left parts of a,b: Sketch showing the epitaxy of YVO3 on different facets of a YAlO3 substrate. The latter are shown as orange cubes, with purple faces indicating the orthorhombic…

Researchers uncover link between quantum information theory and particle and condensed matter physics

by Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo A summary of this study showing that any operation of non-invertible symmetries is a quantum…

Why did Louis de Broglie, Nobel laureate in physics, abandon his own pilot wave theory?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain This week marks the centenary of the French physicist Louis de Broglie’s doctoral thesis, which later earned him a Nobel prize for “his discovery of the…