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Trapping giant Rydberg atoms for faster quantum computers

In an achievement that could help enable fast quantum computers, University of Michigan physicists have built a better Rydberg atom trap. Rydberg atoms are highly excited, nearly-ionized giants that can be ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Artificial magnetic fields for light could illuminate correlated quantum systems

(PhysOrg.com) -- In general, the field of many-body physics involves the interactions and collective behavior of large numbers of particles. Scientists have made significant progress in exploring this field, ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Super cool atom thermometer

As physicists strive to cool atoms down to ever more frigid temperatures, they face the daunting task of developing new, reliable ways of measuring these extreme lows. Now a team of physicists has devised ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Quantum gas microscope offers glimpse of quirky ultracold atoms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 4

Atomtronic transistor and diode could advance quantum computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- What if atoms could be used to perform the functions currently the province of electronic devices? The goal of atomtronics is to do just that by creating analogues to the common items found in electronic ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 5 feature

Rice researchers to build light-based crystal simulator

A Rice University-led team of physicists at seven U.S. universities has won $5 million from the Department of Defense to build a simulator capable of tackling high-temperature superconductivity, one of the ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Ytterbium gains ground in quest for next-generation atomic clocks

An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that of the NIST-F1 cesium fountain clock, the nation's ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Physicists discover important step for making light crystals (w/Videos)

Ohio State University researchers have developed a new strategy to overcome one of the major obstacles to a grand challenge in physics.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 3

Exerting better control over matter waves

(PhysOrg.com) -- “The concept of matter waves is at the heart of quantum mechanics,” Oliver Morsch tells PhysOrg.com. “At the beginning of the last century, scientists discovered that solid particles could exhibit proper ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (29) | comments 15 feature


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