One-dimensional surface hinge states characteristic of HOTIs. Researchers have shown how to detect HOTIs without observing such hinge states. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign…
Category: Quantum Physics
Forget about being clean, embrace mess
Within a dense system some terbium ions form pair states. Because of their unique properties, these pairs are blind to the single terbium ions nearby that would cause them to…
First direct imaging of tiny noble gas clusters at room temperature
Xenon nanocluster between two graphene layers, with sizes between two and ten atoms. Credit: Manuel Längle For the first time, a research team has succeeded in stabilizing and directly imaging…
Generating stable qubits at room temperature
Incorporating a chromophore in a metal-organic framework suppressed the molecular motion sufficiently to maintain the quantum coherence of the quintet state for more than 100 nanoseconds. Credit: Nobuhiro Yanai A…
Research offers insights into the metal-to-insulator transition without breaking symmetry
Credit: Yale University Metal-to-insulator transition—a process that turns materials from a conductor to an insulator—has been a crucial process behind microelectronic switches, nonvolatile memory, and neuromorphic computing materials. In many…
In novel quantum computer design, qubits use magnets to selectively communicate
Researchers have demonstrated that qubits (represented by the spheres and arrows) can “talk” to each other through a magnet (represented by the rectangular solid) rather than through air. This technology…
Exploring light fields and a quantum emitter
An illustration of the energy exchanges taking place during the experiment. Credit: N. Belabas/ I. Maillette de Buy Wenniger/ A. Auffèves/ P. Senellart. A new study in Physical Review Letters…
