Category: Quantum Physics
Physicists uses light to build complex structures
Petr Steindl. Credit: Leiden University Ph.D. candidate Petr Steindl creates complex structures of light using single photons. As a teenager, he wanted to study Czech poetry but decided on quantum…
Scientists edge toward scalable quantum simulations on a photonic chip
A new system developed by researchers at the University of Rochester allows them to conduct quantum simulations in a synthetic space that mimics the physical world by controlling the frequency,…
Research students turn Schrödinger’s cat on its head
Students in the laboratory presenting rotation of Schrödinger cat states. No actual cats were hurt during the project. Credit: S. Kurzyna and B. Niewelt, source: University of Warsaw Students at…
Discovering evidence of superradiance in the alpha decay of mirror nuclei
Mirror nuclei, such as 18O & 18Ne, have the same number of protons & neutrons (18),but while 18O has 8 protons & 10 neutrons 18Ne has 10 protons & 8…
New superconducting state could be significant for quantum computing future
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists using one of the world’s most powerful quantum microscopes have made a discovery that could have significant consequences for the future of computing. Researchers at…
Discovery of pair density wave state in a two-dimensional high-Tc iron-based superconductor
Figure 1 (a) An STM topographic image of the domain wall structure (bright line) in 1-UC Fe(Te,Se)/STO. (b) The schematic of the domain wall in 1-UC Fe(Te,Se)/STO, illustrating the compression…
Researchers make a quantum computing leap with a magnetic twist
This artistic depiction shows electron fractionalization—in which strongly interacting charges can “fractionalize” into three parts—in the fractional quantum anomalous Hall phase. Credit: Eric Anderson/University of Washington Quantum computing could revolutionize…
