Magnetic field enhanced single-photon emission from defects in two-dimensional semiconductors. Credit: Kyoto U / Matsuda lab As the demand for more secure data transmission increases, conventional communication technologies are facing…
Category: Quantum Physics
Physicists show tensor mesons play important role in light-on-light scattering
Light is scattered by light—via virtual particles. Credit: Vienna University of Technology Usually, light waves can pass through each other without any resistance. According to the laws of electrodynamics, two…
Physicists discover new state of quantum matter
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a new state of quantum matter. The state exists within a material that the team reports could…
Researchers uncover a topological excitonic insulator with a tunable momentum order
Artistic illustration of a topological exciton insulator: Excitons condense in the bulk of the material, forming a collective insulating phase, while topologically protected edge modes propagate freely along the sample’s…
Metasurfaces could be the next quantum information processors
Artistic representation of metasurface quantum graphs. Credit: Joshua Mornhinweg In the race toward practical quantum computers and networks, photons—fundamental particles of light—hold intriguing possibilities as fast carriers of information at…
Demonstration of first antimatter quantum bit paves way for improved comparisons of matter and antimatter
Physicist Barbara Latacz working in the BASE experiment. Credit: CERN In a breakthrough for antimatter research, the BASE collaboration at CERN has kept an antiproton—the antimatter counterpart of a proton—oscillating…
Gold clusters mimic atomic spin properties for scalable quantum computing applications
New research shows how gold clusters mimic the key properties of the most accurate systems currently used in quantum applications, showing promise for a tunable, scalable option for quantum devices. The…
Model addresses heat management in high-density laser systems
Picture of IMEC 300 mm Si photonic wafer with InP laser dies bonded on top. Credit: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Multi-wavelength light sources are required for optical transceivers…
