News tagged with superconducting quantum

Towards hybrid quantum systems

EU-funded scientists made advances in the development of a hybrid quantum system (HQS) by combining different quantum technologies.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Physicist awarded prestigious John Bardeen Prize

James A. Sauls, professor of physics and astronomy in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, has been awarded the 2012 John Bardeen Prize for his contributions to the theory of unconventional ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mini-sensor measures magnetic activity in human brain

A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by successfully measuring human brain activity. Experiments ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Long predicted but never observed: A new kind of quantum junction

A new type of quantum bit called a "phase-slip qubit", devised by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and their collaborators, has enabled the world's first-ever experimental demonstration ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers find possible evidence of Majorana fermions

(Phys.org) -- Researchers working out of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have constructed a device that appears to offer some evidence of the existence of Majorana fermions; the elusive particles ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Ultrafast laser pulses shed light on elusive superconducting mechanism

An international team that includes University of British Columbia physicists has used ultra-fast laser pulses to identify the microscopic interactions that drive high-temperature superconductivity.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

JQI cool nano loudspeakers could makes for better MRIs, quantum computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Harvard University has developed a theory describing how to both detect weak ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Finnish team devise nanomechanical microwave amplifier with near least possible noise generation

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Finnish physicists has developed a novel way to amplify a microwave signal that unlike other amplifiers, produces noise that is just barely above that which is necessary due to the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

First proof of single atomic layer material with zero electrical resistance

A research group at the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) has proved that the electrical resistance of a metal single atomic layer on a silicon surface becomes zero by superconductivity.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Scientists observe how superconducting nanowires lose resistance-free state

Even with today's invisibility cloaks, people can't walk through walls. But, when paired together, millions of electrons can.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Tuning in to noisy interference

Establishing a detailed knowledge of the noise properties of superconducting systems is an important step towards the development of quantum computers, which will enable new types of computing. However, the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A chemical detour to quantum criticality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists and chemists use different techniques to study essentially the same thing — the nature and behavior of matter. Usually the particular path is of little consequence, because ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key ingredient: Change in material boosts prospects of ultrafast single-photon detector

By swapping one superconducting material for another, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a practical way to boost the efficiency of the world's fastest single-photon ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Sydney are celebrating the 100th anniversary of superconductivity with a discovery of their own.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ultrathin copper-oxide layers behave like quantum spin liquid

(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic studies of ultrathin slabs of copper-oxide materials reveal that at very low temperatures, the thinnest, isolated layers lose their long-range magnetic order and instead behave like ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast